Presentiment

Definitions

A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.

Equivalents

19 more languages

العربيةالهاجس

Azərbaycan diliduyğu

Bosanskiišaretslutnjaишаретслутња+ 1 more

Catalàpressentiment

Češtinatucha

Esperantoantaŭsento

Suomiaavistus

Hrvatskiišaretslutnjaишаретслутња+ 1 more

Italianopresentimento

日本語予感

한국어예감

Latinapraedivinatiopraesagium

Македонскипретчувство

Polskiprzeczucie

Portuguêspressentimento

Русскийпредчувствие

Српскиišaretslutnjaишаретслутња+ 1 more

Svenskaförkänning

Tagalogkutob

Examples

“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.”

“A thousand alarming presentiments of evil to her beloved Catherine from this terrific separation must oppress her heart with sadness, and drown⟳ her in tears for the last⟳ day or two of their being together; […]”

“Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make⟳ darlings of their ugliest thoughts, as they do of their deformed children.”

“This unfortunate accident has upset⟳ me. I have⟳ a horrible presentiment that something of the kind may happen⟳ to me.”

““No,” replied the girl, “it would not be strange, of course; but for some inexplicable reason⟳ I have⟳ one of those foolish feminine presentiments that all is not right with Mr. Caldwell. It is the strangest feeling—it is as though I knew that he was not on board⟳ the ship.””

“I had a presentiment that this would be my last⟳ journey to the Continent for many a long day to come⟳; this, as events turned out, proved all too correct⟳. [This was published posthumously, the author died on 19 November 1942.]”

“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⟳.”

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