portentous

portentous adj

L. portentōsus < portentum, sign, omen, monster, marvelous tale.

1. Foreboding; prophetic; [fig.] secretive; implied; implicit; unspoken.
2. Inevitable; impending; imminent; destined; pre-determined.
3. Enormous; immense; monstrous; awful.
4. Strange; unusual; peculiar; queer; curious; remarkable; extraordinary; amazing; shocking; appalling; dismaying; disconcerting.

portentous [-ly] adv

see portentous.

1. Ominously; disturbingly; frighteningly; dreadfully; chillingly; in a terrifying manner.
2. Suspensefully; in a manner causing pleasurable tension; in a way calculated to arouse intense curiosity.