Words Like PORTEND
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to PORTEND.
    
    
    
        
            20 Alternative Words Similar to portend
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 definitions of portend
           
        
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        To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs.
    
    
    
 
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        To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage:  black clouds that portend a storm. 
    
    
    
 
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        To indicate by prediction; forecast:  leading economic indicators that portend a recession. 
    
    
    
 
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        To stretch forth; protend.
    
    
    
 
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        To betoken; presage; signify in advance; foreshow.
    
    
    
 
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        Synonyms To forebode, augur, presage, threaten, foreshadow. See omen.
    
    
    
 
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        to serve as a warning or omen