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portended

VERB

foreshadow, indicate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

augur bespeak foretell predict presage

STRONG

adumbrate betoken bode call forebode forecast foreshow forewarn harbinger herald hint omen prognosticate promise prophesy read threaten

WEAK

be in the cards crystal-ball foretoken have a hunch point to premonish see coming warn of

Example Sentences

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Alas, some dire disaster seems Portended by the jackal's screams.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

And still, though something in her face Portended ‘No!’ with such a grace It burthen’d me with thankfulness, Nothing was credible but ‘Yes.’

From Victories of Love by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton