Synonyms of portended

portended

verb

past tense of portend

as in predicted

formal + literary to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen

The distant thunder portended a storm.

If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predicted
• promised
• boded
• called
• presaged
• foretold
• augured
• foreboded
• prophesied
• forecasted
• alerted
• warned
• prognosticated
• read
• forecast
• anticipated
• foresaw
• forboded
• cautioned
• forewarned
• announced
• divined
• proclaimed
• heralded
• declared
• vaticinated
• foreknew

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• described
• reported
• related
• told
• recounted
• recited
• narrated