Portent

Noun

 * 1) Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
 * 2) A portending; significance; as, a howl of dire portent.
 * 3) Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.

Adjectives for Portent
unmistakable; vast; fiery; baneful; worse; doleful; evil.

Verbs for Portent
disregard—; fear—; realize—; recognize—; —depresses;  —disconcerts;   —disturbs; —frightens ; —indicates; —looms ; —oppresses; —promises; —perplexes; —puzzles; —shadows ; —shrouds ; —warns.

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

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:omen

Related terms

 * portend
 * portentous