Meaning of PRESENTIMENT
| Pronunciation: | | pri'zentumunt
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | boding, foreboding, premonition |
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| | See Also: | | apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, presage, shadow | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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