portended in English

verb

1

be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen.

the eclipses portend some major events

synonyms: presage, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be a sign, warn, be an omen, indicate, herald, signal, bode, promise, threaten, signify, spell, denote, betoken, foretoken, forebode

verb

• presage, augur, foreshadow, foretell, prophesy, be a sign, warn, be an omen, indicate, herald, signal, bode, promise, threaten, signify, spell, denote, betoken, foretoken, forebode
• prognosticate, betoken, omen, forecast, foretell, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage

Use "portended" in a sentence

1. To them, the lab cowboy and his sperminator portended a dystopia of mass - produced boys.

2. (Ac 2:22) The miraculous cures and resurrections he performed not only excited wonderment but also portended what he would do on a greater scale in the future.