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All portent synonyms

porΒ·tent
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noun portent

  • herald β€” (formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.
  • worriment β€” the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.
  • mayday β€” the international radiotelephone distress signal, used by ships and aircraft.
  • in-junction β€” Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
  • omen β€” anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
  • marvel β€” something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
  • eureka β€” A cry of joy or satisfaction when one finds or discovers something.
  • curveball β€” a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
  • wonder β€” to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
  • foregoer β€” Alternative form of forgoer.
  • omination β€” (obsolete) The act of ominating; presaging; omen.
  • apprehensiveness β€” uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
  • miracle β€” an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
  • foretaste β€” a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation.
  • indication β€” anything serving to indicate or point out, as a sign or token.
  • foretoken β€” a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning.
  • auspice β€” patronage or guidance (esp in the phrase under the auspices of)
  • antecessor β€” a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
  • weightiness β€” having considerable weight; heavy; ponderous: a weighty bundle.
  • impendence β€” impending.
  • auguration β€” The practice of augury.
  • consequence β€” The consequences of something are the results or effects of it.
  • astoundment β€” the state of being astounded
  • hunch β€” to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
  • indicia β€” indicia (def 2).
  • harbinger β€” a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
  • abruptness β€” sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
  • foreboding β€” a prediction; portent.
  • wunderkind β€” a wonder child or child prodigy.
  • cynosure β€” a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
  • bodement β€” a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
  • adumbration β€” to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
  • bombshell β€” A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
  • bodements β€” a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
  • forerunner β€” predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
  • forewarning β€” to warn in advance.
  • foreshadowing β€” to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
  • warning β€” the act or utterance of one who warns or the existence, appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns.
  • hoohah β€” an uproarious commotion.
  • giveaway β€” an act or instance of giving something away.
  • augury β€” An augury is a sign of what will happen in the future.
  • phenomenon β€” a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature.
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