portending
Hinting at future
Portending is the present participle of portend, meaning to serve as an omen or warning of something to come, usually something momentous or ominous: Dark clouds portending a storm gathered on the horizon.
The word carries a sense of fate or inevitability—events don't just suggest what's coming, they signal it: Economic indicators portending recession.
Prophetic indicator
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
precursor · herald · indication · signal · forewarning · augury · sign · symptom
Inclined toward approval
- propitiousFavorable for success
- promisingShowing signs of success
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
- fortunateEnjoying favorable circumstances
blessed · bright · golden · prosperous · thriving · flourishing · serendipitous · beneficial
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- soothsayingForetelling future events
seer · prophet · clairvoyance · prognostication · foresight · vision · revelation · pythia
Careful attention to risk
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- admonitionMild verbal correction
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
advisory · notice · tocsin · clarion call · heads-up · harbinger · sentinel · canary
omen
Prophetic indicator
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
premonition · precursor · herald · indication · signal · forewarning · augury · sign · symptom · marker
favorable
Inclined toward approval
- propitiousFavorable for success
- promisingShowing signs of success
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
fortunate · blessed · bright · golden · prosperous · thriving · flourishing · serendipitous · beneficial · optimistic
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
soothsaying · seer · prophet · clairvoyance · prognostication · foresight · vision · revelation · pythia · sibyl
caution
Careful attention to risk
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- admonitionMild verbal correction
forewarning · advisory · notice · tocsin · clarion call · heads-up · harbinger · sentinel · canary · knell
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
looming · menacing · sinister · baleful · threatening · imminent · perilous · alarming · malevolent · dread
portendingrecalling
Bringing to mind again
recollecting · remembering · commemorating · reflecting on · looking back
portend, portent, portentous, portentously, portents, portends, portended, portentousness