premonition

C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings
US /ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən/ UK /ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a strong feeling that something, often unpleasant, is about to happen

    She had a premonition that the trip would end badly.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a strong feeling that... forebodingpresentimentintuitionhunchportentforewarningmisgiving
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Etymology

From Middle French premonition, from Late Latin praemonitio ('a forewarning'), from praemonere ('to warn beforehand'), from prae- ('before') + monere ('to warn').

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