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portentous

/ portentous /
adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
of momentous or ominous significance
"such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville"
"a prodigious vision"
Similar:
significant important
adjective satellite Sense 2
of ominous significance
Similar:
prophetic prophetical
adjective satellite Sense 3
puffed up with vanity
"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
"overblown oratory"
"a pompous speech"
"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek"
Similar:
pretentious
Semantic Complexity
33%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
5
Total Relationships
5
Times Searched
1
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significant important prophetic prophetical pretentious