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presentiment | presentimental |

As a noun presentiment

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

As an adjective presentimental is

of the nature of a presentiment; foreboding.

presentiment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
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  • * 1973 , Sidney Sheldon, The Other Side of Midnight :
    • 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.

    Synonyms

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    presentimental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the nature of a presentiment; foreboding.
    • (Coleridge)
    (Webster 1913)