Last Updated :2025/12/06

portentious

Adjective
alt-of misconstruction
Japanese Meaning
(「portentous」の誤用)不吉な前兆や、何か重大な出来事を暗示する様子を示す意味として誤って用いられる場合がある
What is this buttons?

彼女は演説で「不吉な」という形容詞を使い、それが本来の語の誤用であるとは気づかなかった。

comparative

superlative

Quizzes for review

Misconstruction of portentous

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください
See correct answer

portentious

She used the adjective portentious in her speech, not realizing it was a misconstruction of portentous.

See correct answer

She used the adjective portentious in her speech, not realizing it was a misconstruction of portentous.

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください

English - English

Word Edit Setting
  • Users who have edit permission for words - All Users
  • Screen new word creation
  • Screen word edits
  • Screen word deletion
  • Screen the creation of new headword that may be duplicates
  • Screen changing entry name
  • Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
  • Number of votes required for decision - 1
Sentence Edit Setting
  • Users who have edit permission for sentences - All Users
  • Screen sentence deletion
  • Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
  • Number of votes required for decision - 1
Quiz Edit Setting
  • Users who have edit permission for quizzes - All Users
  • Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
  • Number of votes required for decision - 1
Editing Guideline

Login / Sign up

 

Download the app!
DiQt

DiQt

Free

★★★★★★★★★★