characterized by or pertaining to emotion: the emotive and rational capacities of humankind. productive of or directed toward the emotions: Artistic distortion is often an emotive use of form.
portent. n. 1. a sign or indication of a future event, esp a momentous or calamitous one; omen. 2. momentous or ominous significance: a cry of dire portent. 3. a miraculous occurrence; marvel. [C16: from Latin portentum sign, omen, from portendere to portend].
1 (original sense) (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.  A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.