Presentiment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /prɪˈzɛn.tɪ.mənt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Presentiment is a noun meaning A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
Meaning
A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
Example Sentences
This unfortunate accident has upset me. I have a horrible presentiment that something of the kind may happen to me.
A man, my good Sir, has seldom an offer of kindness to make to a woman, but she has a presentiment of it some moments before.
Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts, as they do of their deformed children.
Everything on the surface appeared to be just as it ought to be. And yet Constantin Demiris still felt that vague sense of unease, a presentiment of trouble.
Word Forms
- presentiments
Synonyms for presentiment
Depending on context, synonyms include boding, foreboding, forefeeling, premonition.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include premonition, foreboding, boding, presage, forefeeling, presaging.
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