Portend (Verb)
Meaning
Indicate, as with a sign or an omen; "These signs bode bad news".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The unusual behavior of the birds portended a terrible storm was approaching nearby.
- Droughts and famines portended widespread flooding in this region's ancient history.
- The eerie feeling in the darkness portended that something malevolent lurked nearby.
- Flooded streets and disarrayed stalls portended more destruction to come from the category three hurricane.
- High hospitalization rates portended the rise of a mutated, now highly infectious virus strain.
Synonyms
- Omen
- Augur
- Predict
- Prefigure
- Auspicate
- Bode
- Betoken
- Presage
- Foretell
- Prognosticate
- Forecast
- Foreshadow