Found 2 items, similar to portent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: portent portent n : a sign of something about to happen; “he looked for an omen before going into battle” [syn: omen, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Portent Portent \Por*tent"\ (?; 277), n. [L. portentum. See Portend.] That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign. --Shak. [1913 Webster] My loss by dire portents the god foretold. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]