About The Word Presentiment
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Presentiment
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What's The Definition Of Presentiment?
[n] a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Presentiment: boding | foreboding | premonition Related Terms | Find terms related to Presentiment: See Also | apprehension | apprehensiveness | dread | presage | shadow Presentiment In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*sen"ti*ment\, n. [Pref. pre- + sentiment: cf.
F. pressentiment. See {Presentient}.]
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.
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