Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: boding, foreboding, premonition

See Also: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, presage, shadow

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