Emotional is preferred to emotive when describing a display of emotion: he was given an emotional (not emotive) welcome Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition Â© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Â© HarperCollins
portent (plural portents ) Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen. A portending; significance a howl of dire portentâ. Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.
1 An apparition of someone that is believed to appear as a portent just before that person's death. 2  The ghost of a dead person. 3  Something faint or insubstantial: âThe wraith of a hollow laugh issued silently from his parted lipsâ (F. Scott Fitzgerald). An apparition of someone that is believed to appear as a portent just before that person's death. 2  The ghost of a dead person. 3  Something faint or insubstantial: âThe wraith of a hollow laugh issued silently from his parted lipsâ (F. Scott Fitzgerald).