Betokening
101auspicious — *favorable, propitious, benign Analogous words: *lucky, fortunate, happy, providential: *hopeful, roseate: indicating or indicative, betokening (see corresponding verbs at INDICATE) Antonyms: inauspicious: ill omened Contrasted words: *sinister …
102note# — note vb remark, notice, perceive, discern, observe, contemplate, survey, view, *see, behold, descry, espy note n 1 *sign, mark, token, badge, symptom Analogous words: indication, betokening, bespeaking, attesting (see corresponding verbs at… …
103prognostic — *foretoken, presage, omen, augury, portent Analogous words: indication, betokening, bespeaking (see corresponding verbs at INDICATE): symptom, *sign, mark, token …
104sign — n 1 Sign, mark, token, badge, note, symptom can denote a sensible and usually visible indication by means of which something not outwardly apparent or obvious is made known or revealed. Sign is the most comprehensive of these terms, being… …
105token — 1 *sign, mark, symptom, badge, note Analogous words: *symbol, emblem, attribute: *evidence, testimony: indication, proving or proof, betokening (see corresponding verbs at INDICATE) 2 *pledge, earnest, pawn, hostage …
106betoken — UK [bɪˈtəʊkən] / US [bɪˈtoʊkən] verb [transitive] Word forms betoken : present tense I/you/we/they betoken he/she/it betokens present participle betokening past tense betokened past participle betokened literary to be a sign that something exists …
107hospitable — hos•pi•ta•ble [[t]ˈhɒs pɪ tə bəl, hɒˈspɪt ə bəl[/t]] adj. 1) receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family[/ex] 2) characterized by or betokening warmth and generosity toward guests or strangers: a… …
108auspicious — /ɔˈspɪʃəs / (say aw spishuhs), /ə / (say uh ) adjective 1. of good omen; betokening success; favourable: *Their start had been auspicious, said the latter; seldom had he had such a fair wind to come out with. –henry handel richardson, 1917. 2.… …
109confidential — /kɒnfəˈdɛnʃəl / (say konfuh denshuhl) adjective 1. spoken or written in confidence; secret: a confidential document. 2. betokening confidence or intimacy; imparting private matters: a confidential tone. 3. enjoying another s confidence; entrusted …
110gleam — /glim / (say gleem) noun 1. a flash or beam of light. 2. dim or subdued light. 3. a brief or slight manifestation: a gleam of hope. –verb (i) 4. to send forth a gleam or gleams. 5. to appear suddenly and clearly, like a flash of light. –phrase 6 …
