n. 25B6; noun
a portent of things to come : OMEN, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophesy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage; writing on the wall, indication, hint; poetic/literary foretoken.
the word carries terrifying portent : SIGNIFICANCE, importance, import, consequence, meaning, weight; formal moment.