Associations to the word «Presentiment»

Wiktionary

PRESENTIMENT, noun. A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.

Dictionary definition

PRESENTIMENT, noun. A feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case".

Wise words

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