PRESENTIMENT
foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding
(noun) a feeling of evil to come; “a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”; “the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
presentiment (plural presentiments)
A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
Synonyms
• boding
• foreboding
• forefeeling
• premonition
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*sen"ti*ment, n. Etym: [Pref. pre- + sentiment: cf. F.
pressentiment. See Presentient.]
Definition: Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous
apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of
something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen;
anticipation of evil; foreboding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition