portent
portent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. Shak. My loss by dire portents the god foretold. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- augury
- auspice
- bird
- bomb
- can
- candle
- coup
- curiosity
- eruption
- fire
- gathering
- gazingstock
- harbinger
- ill
- ill-boding
- indication
- light
- lion
- marvel
- mirabilis
- miracle
- monster
- omen
- paint
- peal
- phenomenon
- poi
- precursor
- prefigurement
- presage
- prodigy
- prognostic
- shell
- sight
- sign
- spectacle
- the
- theatre
- thunder
- unconformity
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is portent.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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