Translations for „portentous“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

portentous [pɔ:ˈtentəs, Am pɔ:rˈtent̬əs] ADJ

1. portentous form (signifying something to come):

portentous

предвеща́ющий плохо́е

portentous expression

знамена́тельный

portentous look

многозначи́тельный

2. portentous pej (pompous and overly serious):

portentous

напы́щенный

portentous

ва́жный

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is quite incredible how lightly portentous decisions were taken.

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In the paranoid fantasies of the accidental children's author, every phone call is portentous; every creak, bump or shadow a potential predator.

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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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For long, portentous stretches, no one is around.

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If this seems a little thin for a two-hour movie, believe me, it is, even with all that portentous music trying to make it seem momentous.

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Despite the portentous expectations of his candidacy, relatively few demands for racial justice were ever made of him.

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Portentous discourses of fire alternated with choral renderings.

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His probing comes across as less portentous now, encased in a lyrical flow of playful sensuality.

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We are confronted with portentous problems which can not be solved just by providing for our material existence, however abundantly.

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This rationalization did not match the portentous significance of the event, however.

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