Antonyms for portent

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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