portentous

• Beschreibt etwas, das Unheil oder eine wichtige zukünftige Entwicklung ankündigt und daher oft feierlich, bedeutsam oder bedrohlich wirkt.

Describes something that is ominous, significant, or gives a warning about a future event.

1. Ominous or momentousC1formal

   Having a serious, important, or threatening significance, often suggesting something bad will happen.

   Unheilvoll oder bedeutsam

   • The dark clouds gathering on the horizon had a portentous look.
   • His portentous silence made everyone in the room uneasy.
   • The portentous announcement hinted at major changes to come.

   Synonymeconsequentialfatefulforebodingill-omenedinauspiciousmenacingmomentousominoussignificantthreatening

   Antonymeharmlessinnocuousinsignificanttrivialunimportant

2. PropheticC1formal

   Relating to or serving as an omen or prophecy, especially of a negative event.

   Prophetisch

   • Her portentous words turned out to be eerily accurate.
   • The old legend was filled with portentous warnings about the future.
   • He spoke in a portentous tone, as if foreseeing disaster.

   Synonymefatefulforebodingominousprognosticprophetic

3. Pompous or self-importantC2formal

   Excessively serious or solemn in a way that seems arrogant or self-important.

   Wichtigtuerisch

   • The critic's portentous review was more about his own ego than the film.
   • He gave a portentous speech, full of grand but empty phrases.
   • Her portentous manner annoyed the rest of the team.

   Synonymebombasticgrandiloquenthigh-flownmagniloquentoverblownpompouspretentiousself-importantsolemnstuffy

   Antonymehumblemodestself-effacingunassumingunpretentious