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A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a feeling of evil to come
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a steadily escalating sense of foreboding
- the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foreboding, premonition, boding
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
Narrower terms: shadow, presage
From French pressentiment, from Middle French, equivalent to pre- + sentiment.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
sezmə
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Azerbaijani:
duyğu
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Azerbaijani:
duyma
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Bulgarian:
предчувствие
(predčuvstvie)
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Catalan:
pressentiment
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Chinese Mandarin:
預感 /预感
(yùgǎn)
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Esperanto:
antaŭsento
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Finnish:
aavistus
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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French:
pressentiment
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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German:
Vorahnung
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Italian:
presentimento
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Japanese:
予感
(yokan)
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Korean:
예감
(yegam)
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Latin:
praesāgium
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Macedonian:
пре́тчувство
(prétčuvstvo)
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Norwegian Bokmål:
forutanelse
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Polish:
przeczucie
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Portuguese:
pressentimento
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Russian:
предчу́вствие
(predčúvstvije)
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Serbo-Croatian:
slutnja
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Spanish:
presentimiento
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Spanish:
corazonada
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
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Tagalog:
kutob
— a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen
