Thesaurus / presentiment
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He did not take his new work seriously, although he had no presentiment of his future destiny.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYThen, with a swift, nervous presentiment, he turned quickly around towards the man who had been standing in the shadows.
THE DOUBLE FOURE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIMHe was running and making much noise, and I had a presentiment that something very evil had happened.
A VIRGINIA SCOUTHUGH PENDEXTERWhence comes this species of secret presentiment which is never wrong in its appreciation?
THE BORDER RIFLESGUSTAVE AIMARDEven I had no presentiment,' added Anna with a bitter smile, as though reproaching herself for it.
DREAM TALES AND PROSE POEMSIVAN TURGENEVAt first, it was only a vague presentiment, growing stronger as he followed the dry gully down to the valley below.
HUNTER PATROLHENRY BEAM PIPER AND JOHN J. MCGUIREI have a presentiment that it will be a failure,' his sister persisted.
SARAH'S SCHOOL FRIENDMAY BALDWINHe had always had a presentiment that glory would not fail him.
MY RECOLLECTIONS OF LORD BYRONTERESA GUICCIOLIA presentiment came to her; she knew instinctively that this was what the King essayed.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAYAs for his daughter, Marie's daughter, a sort of presentiment forbade me to look in her face.
MARGUERITEANATOLE FRANCEWORDS RELATED TO PRESENTIMENT
- anticipation
- apprehension
- auguration
- augury
- boding
- clue
- expectation
- feeling in one's bones
- foreboding
- forecast
- foreknowledge
- forewarning
- forewisdom
- funny feeling
- glimmer
- hint
- impression
- inkling
- instinct
- intuition
- misgiving
- notion
- omination
- portent
- preapprehension
- precognition
- preconceived notion
- premonition
- prenotation
- prenotice
- presage
- presagement
- prescience
- presentiment
- qualm
- suspicion
- thought
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