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English noun: presentiment

1. presentiment (feeling) a feeling of evil to come


SamplesA steadily escalating sense of foreboding.
The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case.


Synonymsboding, foreboding, premonition


Broader (hypernym)apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread


Narrower (hyponym)presage, shadow









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