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premonition

[pree-muh-nish-uhn, prem-uh-] / ˌpri məˈnɪʃ ən, ˌprɛm ə- /
NOUN
feeling that an event is about to occur
Synonyms
STRONGEST
foreboding hunch omen portent
STRONG
apprehension apprehensiveness feeling forewarning idea intuition misgiving presage presentiment sign suspicion vibes vibrations warning winds worriment
WEAK
feeling in bones funny feeling handwriting on the wall prenotion sinking feeling wind change winds of change
Antonyms
STRONG
knowledge trust

Example Sentences

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Oddly, that cigar turned out to be an unwitting premonition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Mike Gillespie had a premonition about Ben Orloff.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

The first part of Mulder's premonition has proven to be true - Hayen's Brugge beat Villa, Sporting and Sturm Graz in the group phase, as well as drawing with Juventus and Celtic.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

Our former faith in manifest destiny always included another possibility; let’s call it a premonition of manifest doom.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

His premonition of disaster was correct from the beginning; and like a ranting actress in an indifferent play, I might say that we have paid for freedom.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.