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Portent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An omen of ill; any previous sign or prodigy indicating the approach of evil or calamity.

2. My loss by dire portents the god foretold.

Portent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.

Portentive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Presaging; foreshadowing.

Portentous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Ominous; foreshowing ill. Ignorance and superstition hold meteors to be portentous

2. Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; in an ill sense.

3. No beast of more portentous size,

4. In the Hercynian forest lies.

Portentous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.

2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size.