presentiment

/pri'sentimənt/

Thân thiện

The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A vague, intuitive feeling or sense that something, typically something negative or unfortunate, is about to happen in the future; a premonition, especially of impending evil or misfortune.

Usage

• A presentiment is an uncanny feeling that foreshadows a future event, often without any logical or conscious basis. It is typically used in formal or literary contexts to describe a deep, unsettling sense of anticipation.
• It is commonly followed by the preposition "of" (e.g., a presentiment danger) or a "that" clause (e.g., a presentiment something bad would happen).

Examples

• She had a strange presentiment of disaster as she boarded the plane.
• Despite the sunny weather, he was filled with a gloomy presentiment.
• I awoke with a presentiment that I would receive bad news today.

Advanced Usage

• "To have a presentiment about something": To possess a foreboding feeling regarding a specific situation.
  • He had a presentiment about the business deal, which is why he withdrew.
• "A growing/persistent presentiment": A premonition that intensifies or does not go away.
  • A persistent presentiment of loss haunted her throughout the journey.

Variants and Related Words

• Presentimental (adjective, rare): Relating to or having the nature of a presentiment.
  • His presentimental dreams often disturbed him.

Synonyms

• Premonition: A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.
• Foreboding: A feeling that something bad will happen; fearful apprehension.
• Intuition: The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.
• Hunch: An intuitive feeling or a suspicion.

Antonyms

• Afterthought: An idea or response that occurs after the event.
• Certainty: Firm conviction that something is the case; the quality of being reliably true.
• Retrospection: The action of looking back on or reviewing past events.

Idioms and Phrases

• "A presentiment of doom": A very strong feeling that a catastrophic event is imminent.
  • As the storm clouds gathered, a presentiment of doom settled over the village.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a feeling of evil to come
   • a steadily escalating sense of foreboding
   • the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case

Từ đồng nghĩa

• foreboding
• premonition
• boding