Translations for „portentous“ in the English » German Dictionary

por·ten·tous [pɔ:ˈtentəs, Am pɔ:rˈtent̬-] ADJ inv

1. portentous form:

portentous (highly significant)

bedeutungsvoll

portentous (ominous)

unheilvoll

portentous (grave)

schicksalhaft

a portentous step

ein verhängnisvoller Schritt

2. portentous pej (pompous):

portentous

hochtrabend pej

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a portentous step

ein verhängnisvoller Schritt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This could be seen as a portentous, though it is important to remember that chytridiomycosis does not always occur where the fungus does.

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Today, global warming has reduced the portentous mass to eleven glaciers that total only three hundred acres.

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Portentous discourses of fire alternated with choral renderings.

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He said that parts the book quickens beautifully and sweeps us aloft but at other times it is remote, portentous, burped shut.

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This is now was an excellent portentous opening.

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Tradition holds that he named the settlement after the tree he was leaning against while witnessing the portentous event.

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She looks towards a dark and portentous full-length curtain to her left, which many art historians interpret as a symbol of death.

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The new system of candidate-centered parties is so distinct and so portentous that one can no longer deny its existence or its character.

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However, few people are aware of the most drastic development that has taken place in humanitys condition, a development of portentous consequences.

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Other effects include dramatic shadows, portentous superimpositions and moody sequences in which the camera glides through corridors with billowing curtains.

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