What does premonitory mean?
Premonitory means Serving as a warning or premonition..
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/pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/ · adjective
Serving as a warning or premonition..
[…] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash.
Many conditions formerly thought to be purely functional are now known as premonitory evidences of organic disease, and the prognosis must be guarded accordingly.
Use premonitory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Premonitory means Serving as a warning or premonition..
Common synonyms include prophetic, precursory, prophetical.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash.
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