portent
noun
1 portent
A sign of something about to happen.
synonyms: omen, presage, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication.
Roget 512:
omen,
portent,
presage,
prognostic,
augury,
auspice;
sign
etc.
(indication)
550;
harbinger
etc.
(precursor)
64;
yule candle†.
bird of ill omen;
signs of the times;
gathering clouds;
warning
etc.
668.
prefigurement
etc.
511.
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Roget 872:
prodigy,
phenomenon;
wonder,
wonderment;
marvel,
miracle;
monster
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
curiosity,
lion,
sight,
spectacle;
jeu de theatre [Fr.],
coup de theatre;
gazingstock†;
sign;
St. Elmo's fire,
St. Elmo's light;
portent
etc.
512.
bursting of a shell,
bursting of a bomb;
volcanic eruption,
peal of thunder;
thunder-clap,
thunder-bolt.
what no words can paint;
wonders of the world;
annus mirabilis [Lat.];
dignus vindice nodus [Lat.].
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Dutch: voorspook, voorteken, prefiguratie, voorafschaduwing, voorbode, voorloper
Moby thesaurus: adumbration, advance notice, augury, auspice, balefulness, banefulness, betokening, betokenment, bodefulness, boding, direness, doomfulness, fatality, fatefulness, foreboding, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foretoken, foretokening, forewarning, indicant, indication, marvel, meaning, miracle, omen, ominousness, phenomenon, plenty of notice, portentousness, precautioning, prefiguration, preindication, premonition, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, prenotice, prenotification, presage, presagefulness, presentiment, presignifying, prewarning, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication, promise, sensation, shadow, sign, significance, sinisterness, soothsay, stunner, suggestiveness, token, tokening, type ... show more.
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