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Definition of portentous

"portentous" in the adjective sense

1. portentous, prodigious

of momentous or ominous significance

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

"a prodigious vision"

2. fateful, foreboding, portentous

ominously prophetic

3. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous

puffed up with vanity

"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"

"overblown oratory"

"a pompous speech"

"pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

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Quotations for portentous

O how portentous is prosperity! How, comet-like, it threatens, while it shines! [ Young ]

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portentous in Scrabble®

The word portentous is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters portentous:

PORTENTOUS

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Seven Letter Word Alert: (34 words)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In portentous

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portentous in Words With Friends™

The word portentous is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters portentous:

PORTENTOUS

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PORTENTOUS

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PORTENTOUS

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Words within the letters of portentous

2 letter words in portentous (13 words)

en no nu on or os pe re so to un up us

3 letter words in portentous (43 words)

ens eon net nor nos not nus nut one ops opt ore ors our out pen per pet pot pun pus put roe rot rue run rut set son sop sot sue sun ten tet toe ton too top tot ups urn use

4 letter words in portentous (106 words)

5 letter words in portentous (108 words)

6 letter words in portentous (60 words)

7 letter words in portentous (34 words)

8 letter words in portentous (6 words)

outsnore outspent portents potstone tornotes urosteon

10 letter words in portentous (1 word)

portentous

portentous + 1 blank (1 word)

countertops

portentous + 2 blanks (3 words)

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Words containing the sequence portentous

Words that start with portentous (3 words)

portentous portentously portentousness

Words with portentous in them (1 word)

portentous

Words that end with portentous (1 word)

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Word Growth involving portentous

Shorter words in portentous

or port porte portent

en ten tent portent

Longer words containing portentous

portentously

portentousness