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Of great or momentous significance

Inspiring astonishment or wonder

Of ominous significance, or portending of such

Predicting or foreshadowing future events

Overly bombastic or grandiloquent in speech or expression

Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress

Having or showing impressive beauty or scale

Formal and dignified in nature

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Causing surprising negative emotions

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Holding one's attention

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Adjective

Of great or momentous significance

of great consequence

of great importance

of great import

of significance

no laughing matter

earth-shattering

world-shattering

of great moment

of vital importance

extremely important

vitally important

worthy of attention

carrying a lot of weight

matter of life and death

of the utmost importance

meat-and-potatoes

never to be forgotten

not to be forgotten

recognizable^US

distinguishable

recognisable^UK

at the heart of

ground-breaking

fixed in the mind

out of the ordinary

attention-grabbing

earthshattering

at the center of

business-critical

mission-critical

name-of-the-game

hanging by thread

out of this world

stamped on your memory

of particular interest

three-dimensional

worthy of mention

worth mentioning

worth taking a look at

in the ascendancy

well thought of

of high standing

full of interest

not inconsiderable

giving food for thought

written all over one

full of meaning

full of content

not to be sneezed at

most influential

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“A deeply-hidden part of her mind informed her that this was a truly portentous event.”

Adjective

Inspiring astonishment or wonder

out of this world

out-of-this-world

state-of-the-art

like a dream come true

invigorating^US

out of the ordinary

envigorating^UK

incomprehensible

beyond one's wildest dreams

beyond the realm of reason

too good to be true

surpassing belief

of the first water

of the first order

never to be forgotten

one in a million

in a league of their own

without parallel

in a league of its own

uncharacteristic

ground-breaking

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

off beaten path

attention-grabbing

thought-provoking

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“The Ovide moralisé is a portentous performance of about seventy-two thousand lines, extant in some seventeen manuscripts.”

Adjective

Of ominous significance, or portending of such

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

fire-and-brimstone

suggestive of evil

bringing bad luck

phantasmagorical

out of the ordinary

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“These specters emerged not as ghosts of the past but rather as spirits of the land carrying a portentous forewarning about imminent danger.”

Adjective

Predicting or foreshadowing future events

“Occurring a mere twenty-five lines before the play's conclusion, the allusion takes the form of a portentous prediction regarding the successful reign of King James.”

Adjective

Overly bombastic or grandiloquent in speech or expression

“What is before us is a portentous speech that spends forever banging on about security and our role in the world.”

Adjective

Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress

high and mighty

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

high-and-mighty

self-opinionated

swollen with pride

full of oneself

self-glorifying

self-congratulatory

too big for your boots

full of yourself

holier-than-thou

putting on airs

self-aggrandizing

throwing one's weight around

on your high horse

too big for your breeches

self-complacent

self-flattering

self-gratulatory

self-dramatizing

self-applauding

offensively self-assertive

on a high horse

pleased with yourself

throwing one's weight about

throwing weight around

of preconceived ideas

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“This is music that has a megalomaniac quality, that creates a portentous grandiosity without much in the way of inner self-reflexivity.”

Adjective

Having or showing impressive beauty or scale

out of this world

highly regarded

like a dream come true

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

out of the ordinary

bigger than life

self-respecting

larger-than-life

well-proportioned

tall and dignified

well thought of

of high standing

too good to be true

one for the book

something to write home about

top-of-the-line

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Adjective

Formal and dignified in nature

prim and proper

for use in church

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

self-respecting

schoolmistressy

holier-than-thou

overconscientious

politically correct

goody two-shoes

undemonstrative

uncommunicative

keeping people at arm's length

goody-two-shoes

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Adjective

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

looking on the black side

poverty-stricken

given to looking on the black side

in the doldrums

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Adjective

Causing surprising negative emotions

Adjective

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

looking on the black side

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

Holding one's attention

attention-grabbing

thought-provoking

out of the ordinary

envigorating^UK

invigorating^US

very interesting

monopolizing^US

monopolising^UK

highly coloured

to one's liking

totally absorbing

full of character

sexually arousing

sexually exciting

sexually stimulating

giving one food for thought

revitalizing^US

bright-coloured

brightly coloured^UK

pulchritudinous

picture-perfect

drop-dead gorgeous

brightly colored^US

as pretty as a picture

easy on the eye

revitalising^UK

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

like an explosion in a paint factory

out of this world

sexually attractive

easy on the eyes

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

larger than life

strong in character

full of personality

too good to be true

aesthetically pleasing

extremely attractive

like a dream come true

as pure as the driven snow

super-excellent

pleasantly old-fashioned

very attractive

greatly to one's liking

very pleasurable

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