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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pawr-tent, pohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔr tɛnt, ˈpoʊr-



Definition of portent

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Middle French portente, from Latin portentum "a sign, token, omen; monster, monstrosity," noun use of neuter of portentus, past participle of portendre (see portend).
  • noun indication, forewarning
  • noun miracle
Example sentences :
  • It was the hush of portent, the hush of watchfulness, the hush of a threatening tension.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • They had him, but it was like getting hold of an apparition, a wraith, a portent.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • The silence without was only portent of the storm so soon to burst.
  • Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King
  • It was because he was a failure in literature that he became a portent in English history.
  • Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • And, try as I might, I felt it to be a portent and a prophecy.
  • Extract from : « Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison » by Austin Biron Bidwell
  • The Impending Crisis was a portent and an impulse of the coming catastrophe.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • Detached, no portion of the ritual had meaning; its portent lay in the whole.
  • Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer
  • They didn't receive it, but by his theory the portent was only the stronger.
  • Extract from : « Some Short Stories » by Henry James
  • The sea has a greasy look and this heavy ground swell is a portent.
  • Extract from : « Blackbeard: Buccaneer » by Ralph D. Paine
  • But for that portent, whatever it boded, she might have been not my wife but his.
  • Extract from : « Grim Tales » by Edith Nesbit

Synonyms for portent

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