portent

portent
n
1. omen, sign, indication, token, foretoken, harbinger; premonition, preindication, forewarning, foreshadowing, handwriting on the wall; augury, prognostic, prognostication, prediction, prophesy, prefigurement.
2.(all of an ominous nature) import, importance, moment, significance, first order, first rank, weight, gravity; concern, Archaic. concernment, consideration, interest; urgency, exigency.
3. phenomenon, Sl. phenom, marvel, wonder; prodigy, miracle, sensation; sight, spectacle, eyeopener, Sl. stunner, Sl. mind-boggier, Sl. mind-blower, Sl. trip; rarity, nonpareil, nonesuch, one in a thousand, one of a kind, Inf. one for the books; marvelment, wonderment, Inf. gazingstock.

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