Portent
That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.
Related Definitions:
An,
Calamity,
Coming,
Evil,
Foretoken,
Of,
Omen,
Or,
Sign,
That,
Which
Portent Quotations
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
Agnes de Mille
Self-parody is the first portent of age.
Larry McMurtry
The historian's job is to aggrandize, promoting accident to inevitability and innocuous circumstance to portent.
Peter Conrad
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Portent Translations
portent in Dutch is voorbode, voorteken
portent in German is Omen
portent in Latin is monstrum
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