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portend

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of portend

formal + literary to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen

The distant thunder portended a storm.

If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of portend

bode, forebode (also forbode), promise

augur, call, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinate

alert, caution, forewarn, warn

anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee

announce, declare, herald, proclaim

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of portend

describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell

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