portend

To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage.

To indicate by prediction; forecast.

To stretch forth; protend.

To betoken; presage; signify in advance; foreshow.

Synonyms To forebode, augur, presage, threaten, foreshadow. See omen.

To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshow; to foretoken; to bode; — now used esp. of unpropitious signs.

To stretch out before.

to serve as a warning or omen

to signify; to denote

indicate by signs