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Pronounce Portentous as P OW R T EH N T OW UW S.

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    Portentous phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'portentous'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of portentous: /poʊrtɛntoʊus/
    • Modern IPA representation of portentous: /pɒrtɛntɒʊs/

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    List of meaning for portentous

    foreboding, ominous, or threatening

    portentous, prodigious(adj)

    of momentous or ominous significance

    "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

    fateful, foreboding(a), portentous(adj)

    ominously prophetic

    grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous(adj)

    puffed up with vanity

    "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

    being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come

    an eerie and portentous stillness hung over the camp the night before the battle

    causing wonder or astonishment

    in 1969 people regarded the first landing on the moon as a truly portentous event

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    portentous in sentence

    1. Because Jack generally expects the worst, his language is normally portentous and filled with warnings.

    2. The portentous clouds loomed overhead and threatened to ruin my outdoor wedding.

    3. Although the weatherman predicted sunshine today, the portentous lightning is saying something much different.

    4. Although no one believed in the psychic’s abilities, we continued to listen as she made one portentous prediction after another about the end of the world.

    5. Mark’s portentous voice made him the perfect narrator for the horror movie.

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