Verb: portend por'tend
- Be a sign of something to come, esp. something important or bad
"These signs portend bad news";
- bode, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict, foretoken
Derived forms: portended, portending, portends
Type of: bespeak, betoken [archaic], indicate, point, signal