presentiment

[ pri-zen-tuh-muhnt ]

/ prɪˈzɛn tə mənt /

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noun

a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil; foreboding.

Origin of presentiment

1705–15; <French, now obsolete spelling of pressentiment.See pre-, sentiment

OTHER WORDS FROM presentiment

pre·sen·ti·ment·al, adjective

Words nearby presentiment

present-day, presentee, presenteeism, presenter, presentient, presentiment, presentist, presentive, presently, presentment, present participle

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Example sentences from the Web for presentiment

She stopped before the table, timid and shrinking as though she felt a presentiment of danger, but making an effort to smile.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Vicente Blasco Ibanez
The young girl had had a presentiment of impending evil, but her wish to postpone the journey had been overruled.
Modern Magic|Maximilian Schele de Vere
And the decay of the presentiment must have been hastened by the failure of so many presentiments to make good.
The Daughter of the Storage|William Dean Howells
There was presentiment and menace in every minute of that brief half-hour.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood

I have a presentiment that I shall die twice more, staying dead the fifth time I pass away.
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day

British Dictionary definitions for presentiment

presentiment

/ (prɪˈzɛntɪmənt) /

noun

a sense of something about to happen; premonition

Word Origin for presentiment

C18: from obsolete French, from pressentir to sense beforehand; see pre-, sentiment

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单词	presentiment
释义	presentiment [ pri-zen-tuh-muhnt ] / prɪˈzɛn tə mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR presentiment ON THESAURUS.COM noun a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil; foreboding. Origin of presentiment 1705–15; <French, now obsolete spelling of pressentiment.See pre-, sentiment OTHER WORDS FROM presentiment pre·sen·ti·ment·al, adjective Words nearby presentiment present-day, presentee, presenteeism, presenter, presentient, presentiment, presentist, presentive, presently, presentment, present participle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for presentiment She stopped before the table, timid and shrinking as though she felt a presentiment of danger, but making an effort to smile. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse\|Vicente Blasco Ibanez The young girl had had a presentiment of impending evil, but her wish to postpone the journey had been overruled. Modern Magic\|Maximilian Schele de Vere And the decay of the presentiment must have been hastened by the failure of so many presentiments to make good. The Daughter of the Storage\|William Dean Howells There was presentiment and menace in every minute of that brief half-hour. The Wave\|Algernon Blackwood I have a presentiment that I shall die twice more, staying dead the fifth time I pass away. The Skipper and the Skipped\|Holman Day British Dictionary definitions for presentiment presentiment / (prɪˈzɛntɪmənt) / noun a sense of something about to happen; premonition Word Origin for presentiment C18: from obsolete French, from pressentir to sense beforehand; see pre-, sentiment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to presentiment intuition, disquietude, hunch, discomposure, apprehension, foreboding, perturbation, misgiving, forecast, disturbance, forethought, premonition, fear, feeling, presage, vibes, apprehensiveness, worriment, handwriting on wall, prenotion
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presentiment

noun

Origin of presentiment

OTHER WORDS FROM presentiment

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Example sentences from the Web for presentiment

British Dictionary definitions for presentiment

noun

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