presentiment

pre·sen·ti·ment

noun \pri-ˈzen-tə-mənt\

Definition of PRESENTIMENT

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

— pre·sen·ti·men·tal \-ˌzen-tə-ˈmen-t^əl\ adjective

Examples of PRESENTIMENT

1. <a nagging presentiment of danger>

Origin of PRESENTIMENT

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

Related to PRESENTIMENT

Synonyms: foreboding, presage, premonition, prognostication

Related Words: anticipation, foreknowledge; feel, insight, intuition; augury, omen, portent, sign; impression, suspicion; agitation, alarm (also alarum), anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, care, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, fear, misgiving, nervousness, perturbation, unease, uneasiness, worry; foresight, prescience

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