PRESENTIMENT


Meaning of PRESENTIMENT in English

/ prɪˈzentɪmənt; NAmE / noun

( formal ) a feeling that sth is going to happen, especially sth unpleasant

SYN foreboding :

a presentiment of disaster

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WORD ORIGIN

early 18th cent.: from obsolete French présentiment .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.