Fearful and Portentous

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Fearful adjective - Causing fear.

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Portentous and fearful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Portentous" instead an adjective "Fearful".

Nearby Words: fear, fearless, fearsome, fearfully, fearlessly

Portentous adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.

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Fearful and portentous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fearful" instead an adjective "Portentous".

Nearby Words: portent, portentously

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