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:
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(portentous) very important; or indicating something important in the future
or:
acting overly important or serious