presentiment
presentiment — noun
- presentimentsingular
- presentimentsplural
1. a sense that something bad will happen soon, which comes to you without clear pr
a sense that something bad will happen soon, which comes to you without clear proof or a logical reason
Ishaan had a presentiment that the flight would be late, so he packed an extra book.
have a presentiment + that-clause
A strange presentiment of danger made Nadia check all the locks on the doors before bed.
a presentiment of [something]
Mathieu woke with a heavy presentiment that the news on the radio would be bad.
The gardener felt a presentiment that the frost would come earlier that year.
Kenji could not explain his presentiment, but he knew the meeting would not go well.
- premonition
stronger supernatural or dream-like warning; presentiment is vaguer
- foreboding
darker and more anxious in tone
- hunch
informal; can be about good or bad outcomes
文法句型
have a presentiment (that)…
a presentiment of [something bad]
用法筆記
Frequently used with 'have' or 'feel' and often followed by a that-clause stating the feared event. Unlike 'premonition', a presentiment does not necessarily involve a supernatural vision — it is more like a strong gut feeling.