portended
Warned of ahead
Portended is the past tense of portend, meaning to serve as a warning or sign of something to come, usually something momentous or ominous.
Dark clouds portended the approaching storm.
The economic indicators portended a recession.
The word carries a sense of fate or inevitability—what is portended feels destined rather than merely predicted.
Prediction of future conditions
- prophesiedPredicted through divine insight
- foretoldPredicted future events
- foresawPerceived before occurrence
- anticipatedExpected in advance
presaged · augured · prognosticated · foreshadowed · prefigured · heralded · signaled · indicated
Foretelling of future events
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
foreshadowing · sign · auspice · divination · prognostication · oracle · soothsaying · seer
Notice of future trouble
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- red flagIndicator of danger
intimation · alert · advisory · notice · premonition · heads-up · tocsin · clarion call
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- prophesiedPredicted through divine insight
- foretoldPredicted future events
- foresawPerceived before occurrence
anticipated · presaged · augured · prognosticated · foreshadowed · prefigured · heralded · signaled · indicated · betokened
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
presage · foreshadowing · sign · auspice · divination · prognostication · oracle · soothsaying · seer · sibyl
forewarning
Notice of future trouble
red flag · intimation · alert · advisory · notice · premonition · heads-up · tocsin · clarion call · cue
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
doom · menace · ominous · sinister · gloom · darkness · chill · fear · malaise · shadow
portendedfollowed
Came behind another
came after · succeeded · postdated · reflected · commemorated