betokened
Gave a sign
Betokened is the past tense of betoken, meaning to serve as a sign or indication of something.
The word is formal and literary: Her silence betokened disapproval.
Unlike indicated or suggested, betoken carries a slightly prophetic quality—the sign points toward something significant or consequential: Dark clouds betokened the coming storm.
Prophetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
forewarning · foreshadowing · premonition · foreboding · auspice · herald · warning · prognostication
Representational sign or device
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- representationDepiction or likeness
- signMark conveying information
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
insignia · hallmark · icon · totem · sigil · crest · motif · figurative
Sign of what's coming
evidence · suggestion · symptom · manifestation · trace · inkling · intimation · cue
omen
Prophetic indicator
augury · forewarning · foreshadowing · premonition · foreboding · auspice · herald · warning · prognostication · divination
emblem
Representational sign or device
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
- representationDepiction or likeness
- signMark conveying information
badge · insignia · hallmark · icon · totem · sigil · crest · motif · figurative · emblematic
indication
Sign of what's coming
clue · evidence · suggestion · symptom · manifestation · trace · inkling · intimation · cue · pointer
betokenedbelied
Contradicted by evidence
concealed · hid · obscured · masked · contradicted
betokeneddeclared
Stated with authority
stated · proclaimed · announced · asserted · articulated