portentous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /pɔrˈtɛn(t)əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of momentous or ominous significance.
    — Well may it sort [be fitting] that this portentous figure comes armed through our watch, so like the King that was and is the question of these wars.
  2. Ominously prophetic.
  3. Puffed up with vanity.

词形变化

more portentous comparative most portentous superlative

词汇关系

近义词
fateful prophetic significant
反义词
humble insignificant trivial unremarkable
衍生词
portentously portentousness unportentous
相关词
portent augury foreboding ominous pretentious

词源

Of multiple origins:
* Borrowed from Latin portentōsus, from portentus (“predicted”) + -ōsus. Compare earlier portentuous (via Middle English from Latin portentuōsus). By surface analysis, portent + -ous.
* Borrowed from French portentueux
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