Both Uses of
portentous
in
The Great Gatsby
- As Tom took up the receiver the compressed heat exploded into sound and we were listening to the portentous chords of Mendelssohn's Wedding March from the ballroom below.
p. 127.5portentous = sounding excessively important
- Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.
p. 135.5 *portentous = indicating something important will happen
Definition:
very important; or indicating something important in the future -- often something that is threatening
or:
acting overly important or serious
or:
acting overly important or serious