portentous
How many syllables in portentous?
There are 3 syllables in the word portentous.How to pronounce portentous:
Synonyms for portentous:
baleful
black
bleak
dark
darkening
depressing
depressive
desolate
dire
direful
doomy
foreboding
gray
grey
ill
ill-boding
inauspicious
lonely
menacing
minatory
murky
ominous
pompous
ponderous
pontifical
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Antonyms for portentous:
aiding
assisting
auspicious
away
benevolent
benign
bright
calming
cheerful
comforting
distant
encouraging
far
favorable
favourable
fortunate
good
happy
heartening
helping
hopeful
joyful
kind
light
lucky
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- reexamine
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- excarnate
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- massacre
- aesthetics
- hobble skirt
- tenderness
- thunderous
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- iambic
- resistance
- medium
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