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Portentous vs Alarmed - What's the difference?

portentous | alarmed |

As adjectives the difference between portentous and alarmed

is that portentous is of momentous or ominous significance while alarmed is having an alarm fitted.

As a verb alarmed is

(alarm).

portentous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of momentous or ominous significance.
  • Ominously prophetic.
  • Puffed up with vanity.

    • Related terms

    * portent

    alarmed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (alarm)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having an alarm fitted.
    • This door is alarmed .
  • Worried; anxious; panicky.
    • I'm extremely alarmed about the army outside my house.