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Meaning of 'presentiment' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Presentiment [ n.]
- Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding.

Meaning of 'presentiment' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . presentiment [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a feeling of evil to come
Example in sentence:
  • a steadily escalating sense of foreboding;
  • the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case

Nearby Words:

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