portend[verb]Synonyms: foretell, augur, betoken, bode, foreshadow, herald, indicate, predict, prognosticate, promise, warn of
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
por‧tend /pɔːˈtend $ pɔːr-/
verb [transitive] literary[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: portendere 'to stretch forward', from tendere 'to stretch']
to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad:
strange events that portend disaster [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲