English-Thai Dictionary
portent
N ลาง สัญญาณ บอก เหตุ ปาฏิหาริย์ clue omen token lang
portentous
ADJ สำคัญ มาก extraordinary significant sam-kan-mak
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PORTENT
n.[L. portentum.] An omen of ill; any previous sign or prodigy indicating the approach of evil or calamity. My loss by dire portents the god foretold.
PORTENTOUS
a.[L. portentosus.] Ominous; foreshowing ill. Ignorance and superstition hold meteors to be portentous. 1. Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; in an ill sense.
No beast of more portentous size,
In the Hercynian forest lies.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PORTENT
Por *tent ", n. Etym: [L. portentum. See Portend. ]
Defn: That which portends, or foretoken; esp. , that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. Shak. My loss by dire portents the god foretold. Dryden.
PORTENTIVE
PORTENTIVE Por *tent "ive, a.
Defn: Presaging; foreshadowing.
PORTENTOUS
Por *tent "ous, a. Etym: [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreschadowing, esp. foreschadowing ill; ominous. For, I believe, they are portentous things. Shak. Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor. Macaulay.
2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size. Roscommon. -- Por *tent "ous *ly, adv. -- Por *tent "ous *ness, n.
New American Oxford Dictionary
portent
por tent |ˈpôrˌtent ˈpɔrˌtɛnt | ▶noun 1 a sign or warning that something, esp. something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen: they believed that wild birds in the house were portents of death | JFK's political debut was a portent of the fame to come. • future significance: an omen of grave portent for the tribe. 2 archaic an exceptional or wonderful person or thing: what portent can be greater than a pious notary? ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin portentum ‘omen, token, ’ from the verb portendere (see portend ).
portentous
por ten tous |pôrˈtentəs pɔrˈtɛn (t )əs | ▶adjective of or like a portent: the envelope and its portentous contents. • done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress: the author's portentous moralizings. DERIVATIVES por ten tous ly adverb, por ten tous ness noun
Oxford Dictionary
portent
portent |ˈpɔːtɛnt, -t (ə )nt | ▶noun 1 a sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen: many birds are regarded as being portents of death. • [ mass noun ] future significance: an omen of grave portent for the tribe. 2 literary an exceptional or wonderful person or thing: what portent can be greater than a pious notary? ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin portentum ‘omen, token ’, from the verb portendere (see portend ).
portentous
por ¦tent |ous |pɔːˈtɛntəs | ▶adjective of or like a portent; of momentous significance: this portentous year in Canadian history. • done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress: the author's portentous moralizings. DERIVATIVES portentously adverb, portentousness noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
portent
portent noun 1 a portent of things to come: omen, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophecy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage; writing on the wall, indication, hint; literary foretoken. 2 the word carries terrifying portent: significance, importance, import, consequence, meaning, weight; formal moment.
portentous
portentous adjective 1 portentous signs: ominous, warning, premonitory, threatening, menacing, ill-omened, foreboding, inauspicious, unfavorable. 2 portentous dialogue: pompous, bombastic, self-important, pontifical, solemn, sonorous, grandiloquent.
Oxford Thesaurus
portent
portent noun 1 here was a striking portent of things to come: omen, sign, indication, presage, warning, forewarning, harbinger, augury, signal, promise, threat, menace, ill omen, forecast, prediction, prognostication, prophecy, straw in the wind, writing on the wall, hint, auspice; premonition, presentiment, feeling, vague feeling, funny feeling, feeling in one's bones, foreboding, misgiving; literary foretoken. 2 the word ‘plague ’ carries terrifying portent: significance, importance, import, consequence, meaning, meaningfulness, moment, momentousness, weight, weightiness, cruciality.
portentous
portentous adjective 1 portentous signs had been seen: ominous, warning, foreshadowing, predictive, premonitory, prognosticatory, momentous, fateful; threatening, menacing, foreboding, sinister, ill-omened, inauspicious, unpropitious, unpromising, gloomy, unfavourable. 2 Dr Chen muttered some portentous dialogue: pompous, bombastic, self-important, pontifical, ponderous, solemn, sonorous, grandiloquent, declamatory, overblown, inflated, rhetorical, oratorical.
Spanish Dictionary
portento
portento nombre masculino 1 Persona, cosa o hecho que produce admiración por tener cualidades excepcionales o por sobresalir dentro de los de su género :Juan es un portento de la fotografía; las cataratas del Iguazú son un portento de la naturaleza .SINÓNIMO prodigio .2 Hecho prodigioso o milagroso :condenaban a las brujas que practicasen maleficios y otros portentos .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xvi ) del latín portentum ‘presagio ’, ‘monstruo, prodigio ’, tomado en un sentido cercano a esta última acepción, derivado de portendere ‘presagiar, predecir ’. De la familia etimológica de tender (V.).
portentoso, -sa
portentoso, -sa adjetivo Que resulta sorprendente y causa admiración por tener cualidades excepcionales o por sobresalir dentro de los de su género :tiene una portentosa imaginación; es un jugador portentoso, sus zurdazos son extraordinarios .SINÓNIMO prodigioso .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
portent
por tent /pɔ́ː r tent /名詞 ｟文 ｠1 C 前兆, 前触れ (omen ).2 U (前兆的な )意味合い .3 C ｟古 ｠驚異的な物 [人 ].
portentous
por ten tous /pɔː r téntəs /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 前兆的な ; (将来に対して )重大な意味を持つ ; 不吉な 〈事 物など 〉.2 ｟非難して ｠もったいぶった ; 尊大な 〈話し方 態度 文体など 〉.3 驚異的な, 驚くべき .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary