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(pôr·ten′təs, pōr-) adjective 1. Full of portents of ill; ominous. 2. Of strange and ill-boding character, as if supernatural; monstrous; prodigious. See synonyms under AWFUL, FRIGHTFUL. —por·ten′ tous·ly adverb —por·ten′tous·ness noun
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