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portentous

How many syllables in portentous?

  3 syllables

Divide portentous into syllables:   por-ten-tous
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Synonyms for portentous


2 syllables
  • crucial
  • haughty
  • fateful
  • pompous
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with portentous

3 syllables
4 syllables
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