| Portend 1. (v. t.) To indicate future events or misfortunes; to foreshow; to bode; -- now used esp. of unpropitious signs. 2. (v. t.) To stretch out before. Thesaurus Entries adumbrate, apprehend, augur, betoken, bode, call, croak, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, forewarn, give advance notice, have a premonition, have a presentiment, look black, lower, menace, omen, preapprehend, precaution, predict, premonish, prenotify, presage, prewarn, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, tell in advance, threaten, vaticinate, warn |