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



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