portend Definition

foreshadow, presage, foretell, bode, augur, prefigure, omen, predict, betoken, prognosticate, forecast, auspicate, foresee, signify, loom, forestall, allude, befall, precede, bespeak, materialize, hasten, worsen, expect, forebode, mean, imperil, beget, indicate, heralding, precipitate, affect, complicate, necessitate, embolden, ominate, ensue, threaten, exacerbate, roil, overshadow, imply, predicting, beckon, preominate, pave, dampen, jeopardize, trigger, engender, prompt, entail, usher, predate, forbode, characterize, notwithstanding, happen, translate, daunt, hamper, occur, abodance, provoke, reflect, suggest, hinder, typify, denote, girding, belie, constitute, mar, prophesied, abound, underscore, equate, bracing, linger, coincided, marked, paralleled, await, hinge, persist, resemble, connote, reverberate, diminish, depress, underlie, predicating, bodement, impede, spurred, upend, anticipating, stoke, cause, soothsay,