adj hence: monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size.
2. portentous ·adj of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, ·esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
adj hence: monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size.
2. portentous ·adj of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, ·esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012