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].
A person bores a hole in a cabinet door. The definition of a bore is something or someone dull and uninteresting. An example of bore is a person who only ever wants to talk about his pet iguana and nothing else. To bore is defined as to drill holes in something or make a hole in something.