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[ noun ] a feeling of evil to come

Examples

: "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding" "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

Used in print

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

The following morning , as John entered the Place_Molard on his way to visit a sick refugee , he had a premonition of danger .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

The kiss outraged our friends but it was done and meanwhile had released in me all the remote , exciting premonitions of lust , all the mysterious sensations that I had imagined a truly consummated kiss would convey to me .

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[ noun ] an early warning about a future event

Synonyms

forewarning

Related terms

warning forewarn

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