presentiment

noun

pre·sen·ti·ment pri-ˈzen-tə-mənt How to pronounce presentiment (audio)

: a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition

presentimental

pri-ˌzen-tə-ˈmen-tᵊl How to pronounce presentiment (audio)

adjective

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Do you ever have presentiments, Mr. Flintwich?' 'I am not sure that I know what you mean by the term, sir,' replied that gentleman. 'Say, in this case, Mr. Flintwich, undefined anticipations of pleasure to come.' 'I can't say I'm sensible of such a sensation at present,' returned Mr. Flintwich, with the utmost gravity. Nothing sensational said here, perhaps, but Mr. Flintwich shows a sensitivity to words that, like "presentiment," are related to the Latin verb sentire, ("to feel"). He uses two of these words, and we've added three more. The quote is from Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit, and the words are "sensible," "sensation," "sensational," "sensitivity," and "sense."

Example Sentences

a nagging presentiment of danger

Recent Examples on the Web The lavishness turns quickly into horror — Godwin gives us buckets of blood unasked for in the original — and then into a presentiment of Lear on the heath.

Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2020 Seen from behind, men and women bundled up in heavy coats are saturated with a mute presentiment, that of people beginning to endure.

Han Kang, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019 Those years, of course, marked respectively the peak of the frenzied optimism of the last business cycle and the first chilling presentiments of what was to come.

Gerard Baker, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019 During the 1919 scenes she is occasionally stopped in her tracks by presentiments of what’s in store around the corner.

Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017

单词	presentiments
释义	presentiment noun pre·sen·ti·ment pri-ˈzen-tə-mənt : a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition presentimental pri-ˌzen-tə-ˈmen-tᵊl adjective Did you know? Do you ever have presentiments, Mr. Flintwich?' 'I am not sure that I know what you mean by the term, sir,' replied that gentleman. 'Say, in this case, Mr. Flintwich, undefined anticipations of pleasure to come.' 'I can't say I'm sensible of such a sensation at present,' returned Mr. Flintwich, with the utmost gravity. Nothing sensational said here, perhaps, but Mr. Flintwich shows a sensitivity to words that, like "presentiment," are related to the Latin verb sentire, ("to feel"). He uses two of these words, and we've added three more. The quote is from Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit, and the words are "sensible," "sensation," "sensational," "sensitivity," and "sense." Synonyms foreboding premonition presage prognostication See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a nagging presentiment of danger Recent Examples on the Web The lavishness turns quickly into horror — Godwin gives us buckets of blood unasked for in the original — and then into a presentiment of Lear on the heath. Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2020 Seen from behind, men and women bundled up in heavy coats are saturated with a mute presentiment, that of people beginning to endure. Han Kang, Harper's magazine, 10 Feb. 2019 Those years, of course, marked respectively the peak of the frenzied optimism of the last business cycle and the first chilling presentiments of what was to come. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019 During the 1919 scenes she is occasionally stopped in her tracks by presentiments of what’s in store around the corner. Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017 Word History Etymology French pressentiment, from Middle French, from pressentir to have a presentiment, from Latin praesentire to feel beforehand, from prae- + sentire to feel — more at sense First Known Use 1714, in the meaning defined above presentiments noun plural of presentiment as in premonitions a feeling that something bad will happen a nagging presentiment of danger Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance premonitions forebodings fears worries suspicions feels prognostications presages anticipations anxieties intuitions omens insights apprehensions portents concerns doubts signs impressions agitations auguries misgivings foresights alarms perturbations disquiets foreknowledges dreads alarums presciences care
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presentiment

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