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presentiment
presentimentforeboding; a vague expectation: I had a presentiment that there would be an accident.
Not to be confused with:presentment – an act or manner of presenting; the act of presenting information: The principal made the presentment.pre·sen·ti·ment P0538500 (prĭ-zĕn′tə-mənt)n. A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition.
[Obsolete French, from presentir, to feel beforehand, from Latin praesentīre : prae-, pre- + sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]
pre·sen′ti·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.presentiment (prɪˈzɛntɪmənt) na sense of something about to happen; premonition[C18: from obsolete French, from pressentir to sense beforehand; see pre-, sentiment]pre•sen•ti•ment (prɪˈzɛn tə mənt)
n. a feeling that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding. [1705–15; < French, now obsolete spelling of pressentiment. See pre-, sentiment] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | presentiment - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"boding, foreboding, premonitionapprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"shadow - a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness"presage - a foreboding about what is about to happen |
presentimentnoun premonition, feeling, expectation, anticipation, fear, forecast, hunch, intuition, apprehension, misgiving, foreboding, presage, forethought He had a presentiment of disaster.TranslationsAhnimusAhnungpresentimento
presentiment
Synonyms for presentimentnoun premonitionSynonyms- premonition
- feeling
- expectation
- anticipation
- fear
- forecast
- hunch
- intuition
- apprehension
- misgiving
- foreboding
- presage
- forethought
Synonyms for presentimentnoun a feeling of evil to comeSynonyms- boding
- foreboding
- premonition
Related Words- apprehension
- apprehensiveness
- dread
- shadow
- presage
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