slovodefinícia
portent
(encz)
portent,předzvěst n: Zdeněk Brož
Portent
(gcide)
Portent \Por*tent"\ (?; 277), n. [L. portentum. See Portend.]
That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends
evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. --Shak.
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My loss by dire portents the god foretold. --Dryden.
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portent
(wn)
portent
n 1: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent,
presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
podobné slovodefinícia
portent
(encz)
portent,předzvěst n: Zdeněk Brož
portentious
(encz)
portentious,viz portentous web
portentous
(encz)
portentous,nabubřelý adj: Zdeněk Brožportentous,okázalý adj: Zdeněk Brožportentous,předpovídající zlo adj: bngportentous,věštící adj: bngportentous,zázračný adj: bng
portentously
(encz)
portentously,pompézně adv: Zdeněk Brož
viz portentous
(czen)
viz portentous,portentious web
Portentive
(gcide)
Portentive \Por*tent"ive\, a.
Presaging; foreshadowing.
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Portentous
(gcide)
Portentous \Por*tent"ous\, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
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For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
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Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
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2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon.
[1913 Webster] -- Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. --
Por*tent"ous*ness, n.
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Portentously
(gcide)
Portentous \Por*tent"ous\, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
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For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
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Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
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2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon.
[1913 Webster] -- Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. --
Por*tent"ous*ness, n.
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Portentousness
(gcide)
Portentous \Por*tent"ous\, a. [L. portentosus.]
1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents;
foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
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For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak.
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Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor.
--Macaulay.
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2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a
beast of portentous size. --Roscommon.
[1913 Webster] -- Por*tent"ous*ly, adv. --
Por*tent"ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
portent
(wn)
portent
n 1: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent,
presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
portentous
(wn)
portentous
adj 1: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a
portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman
Melville; "a prodigious vision" [syn: portentous,
prodigious]
2: ominously prophetic [syn: fateful, foreboding(a),
portentous]
3: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner";
"overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific
gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [syn:
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical,
portentous]
portentously
(wn)
portentously
adv 1: in a portentous manner; "portentously, the engines began
to roll"

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