Dictionary Check: portentous
"portentous" is a valid word!
Scrabble
12
points
Words with Friends
15
points
Definition
adjective
of momentous or ominous significance
Example:
"such a portentous … monster raised all my curiosity"
adjective
ominously prophetic
adjective
puffed up with vanity
Example:
"a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
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