2006-10-19 16:25:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The rising disgust of the American voter with the situation in Iraq is potentous for the Republican majorities in the US House and Senate.
2006-10-19 16:32:09 · answer #1 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The problem with the book is that it sometimes descends into portentous philosophizing.
The report contains numerous portentous references to a future environmental calamity.
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2006-10-19 23:35:57 · answer #2 · answered by Kaitlyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definition
1 FORMAL DISAPPROVING too serious and trying to be very important:
The problem with the book is that it sometimes descends into portentous philosophizing.
2 LITERARY Portentous events, statements or signs are important because they show that something unpleasant is very likely to happen:
The report contains numerous portentous references to a future environmental calamity.
2006-10-19 23:35:07 · answer #3 · answered by The Count 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever been to http://encarta.msn.com/ before? It's my favorite online dictionary/thesaurus/encyclopedia/etc. because there are no pop-ups, and it's lay-out is, in my opinion, very efficient. I looked up "portentous" in the thesaurus to find a word that I'm more familiar with that means the exact same thing, and picked out "crucial." So now I'm going to write a sentence using "crucial":
His participation was crucial to our victory.
Ok, so now I just change "crucial" to "portentous," and ta da!
His participation was portentous to our victory.
2006-10-19 23:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a portentous win for the bears when they played the cardinals.
2006-10-19 23:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by heavenly072 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swimming in the ocean without a lifejacket can be very portentous.
2006-10-19 23:36:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"as i entered the haunted graveyard, i felt a sense of portentous doom."
or "i like to sit on my portentous relax" ("porch-and-just".. get it? well, it's kinda close)
2006-10-19 23:35:00 · answer #7 · answered by Natlie Y 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The present aspect of society is portentous of great change” (Edward Bellamy
2006-10-19 23:37:11 · answer #8 · answered by Gibson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋