pre·sen·ti·ment (pr -z n t -mnt)n. A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition. [Obsolete French, from presentir, to feel beforehand, from Latin praesent  re : prae-, pre- + sentre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]pre·sen  ti·mental (-mntl) adj. |
presentiment [prɪˈzɛntɪmənt]
n
a sense of something about to happen; premonition
[from obsolete French, from pressentir to sense beforehand; see pre-, sentiment]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | presentiment - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case" apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension" shadow - a premonition of something adverse; "a shadow over his happiness" presage - a foreboding about what is about to happen |
presentiment
noun premonition, feeling, expectation, anticipation, fear, forecast, hunch, intuition, apprehension, misgiving, foreboding, presage, forethought He had a presentiment of disaster.
Translations
presentiment [prɪˈzentɪmənt] N → presentimiento m
to have a presentiment about sth → tener un presentimiento acerca de algo
to have a presentiment that → tener el presentimiento de que ..., presentir que ...
to have a presentiment about sth → tener un presentimiento acerca de algo
to have a presentiment that → tener el presentimiento de que ..., presentir que ...
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