presentiment

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

Everything on the surface appeared to be just as it ought to be. And yet Constantin Demiris still felt that vague sense of unease, a presentiment of trouble.


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  • presentiment — PRESENTIMÉNT, presentimente, s.n. Presimţire. – Din fr. pressentiment. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 12.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  PRESENTIMÉNT s. v. presimţire. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  presentimént s. n., pl. presentiménte …   Dicționar Român

  • presentiment — (n.) 1714, from Fr. presentiment, from M.Fr. pressentir to have foreboding, from L. præsentire to sense beforehand, from præ before + sentire perceive, feel (see SENTIENT (Cf. sentient)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • presentiment — ► NOUN ▪ an intuitive feeling or foreboding about the future. ORIGIN obsolete French présentiment, from Latin praesentientire perceive beforehand …   English terms dictionary

  • presentiment — [prē zent′ə mənt, prizent′ə mənt] n. [MFr < pressentir, to have a presentiment of < L praesentire: see PRE & SENTIMENT] a feeling that something, esp. of an unfortunate or evil nature, is about to take place; foreboding …   English World dictionary

  • Presentiment — Pre*sen ti*ment, n. [Pref. pre + sentiment: cf. F. pressentiment. See {Presentient}.] Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • presentiment — index apprehension (fear), expectation, fear, foregone conclusion, inequity, misgiving, precognition …   Law dictionary

  • presentiment — misgiving, foreboding, *apprehension Analogous words: *fear, dread, alarm, terror: foretaste, anticipation, *prospect: disquieting or disquietude, discomposing or discomposure, disturbance, perturbation (see corresponding verbs at DISCOMPOSE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • presentiment — [n] anticipation, expectation apprehension, apprehensiveness, discomposure, disquietude, disturbance, fear, feeling, feeling in bones*, foreboding, forecast, forethought, funny feeling*, handwriting on wall*, hunch, intuition, misgiving,… …   New thesaurus

  • presentiment — n. (formal) foreboding a presentiment that + clause (she had a presentiment that an accident would take place) * * * [prɪ zentɪmənt] (formal) [ foreboding ] a presentiment that + clause (she had a presentiment that an accident would take place) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • presentiment — [[t]prɪze̱ntɪmənt[/t]] presentiments N COUNT: usu N that, N of n A presentiment is a feeling that a particular event, for example someone s death, will soon take place. [FORMAL] I had a presentiment that he represented a danger to me... He had a… …   English dictionary

  • presentiment — pre|sen|ti|ment [prıˈzentımənt] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: pressentiment, from Latin praesentire to feel before ] formal a strange feeling that something is going to happen, especially something bad = ↑premonition presentiment of ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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