portentous

• 形容某事物预示不祥或重大事件，带有警告意味；也可指自命不凡、装腔作势、故作庄重。

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.

   不祥的或重大的

   • 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.

   同义词consequentialfatefulforebodingill-omenedinauspiciousmenacingmomentousominoussignificantthreatening

   反义词harmlessinnocuousinsignificanttrivialunimportant

2. PropheticC1formal

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

   预兆的

   • 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.

   同义词fatefulforebodingominousprognosticprophetic

3. Pompous or self-importantC2formal

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

   自命不凡

   • 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.

   同义词bombasticgrandiloquenthigh-flownmagniloquentoverblownpompouspretentiousself-importantsolemnstuffy

   反义词humblemodestself-effacingunassumingunpretentious