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Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size..

Dire :: Dire (superl.) Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens..

Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..

Bodeful :: Bodeful (a.) Portentous; ominous.

Prodigious :: Prodigious (a.) Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.

Ominous :: Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread..

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