portentous[adjective]Synonyms:- significant, crucial, fateful, important, menacing, momentous, ominous
- pompous, ponderous, self-important, solemn
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por‧ten‧tous /pɔːˈtentəs $ pɔːr-/
adjective1. literary showing that something important is going to happen, especially something bad:
Recent developments are as portentous as the collapse of the Berlin Wall.2. trying to appear important and serious:
a portentous film [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲