Premonition — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a feeling of evil to come

an early warning about a future event

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹɪmənˈɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹɪmənˈɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹɪmənˈɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /pɹɪmənˈɪʃən/.

Examples

a steadily escalating sense of foreboding
the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

boding foreboding presentiment forewarning

Parts of Speech

noun	a feeling of evil to come “a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”
noun	an early warning about a future event

Word Forms

forebode	verb	make a prediction about; tell in advance
forewarn	verb	warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Vorahnung

ein Gefühl des bevorstehenden Bösen

🇫🇷French

prémonition

un sentiment de mal à venir

🇪🇸Spanish

premonición

un sentimiento de maldad por venir

🇮🇹Italian

premonizione

una sensazione di male a venire

🇳🇱Dutch

voorgevoel

een gevoel van kwaad dat gaat komen

🇵🇹Portuguese

premonição

um sentimento de maldade por vir

🇷🇺Russian

предчувствие

ощущение грядущего зла

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पूर्व-सूचना

आने वाली बुराई की भावना

🇧🇩Bengali

পূর্বজ্ঞান

একটি খারাপ অনুভূতি আসছে

🇮🇳Tamil

முன்னறிவிப்பு

வரும் தீய உணர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

సూచన

రాబోయే చెడు భావన

🇮🇳Marathi

पूर्वसूचना

येणारी वाईट भावना

🇮🇳Gujarati

પૂર્વસૂચન

આવવાની અનિષ્ટની લાગણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆ

ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಭಾವನೆ ಬರಲಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മുൻകരുതൽ

വരാനിരിക്കുന്ന തിന്മയുടെ ഒരു തോന്നൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪੂਰਵ ਅਨੁਮਾਨ

ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਬੁਰਾਈ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیش گوئی

آنے والی برائی کا احساس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

预感

邪恶即将来临的感觉

🇯🇵Japanese

予感

悪の予感

🇰🇷Korean

예고

나쁜 느낌이 다가온다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

điềm báo

một cảm giác xấu xa đang đến

🇹🇭Thai

ลางสังหรณ์

ความรู้สึกชั่วร้ายที่กำลังจะเกิดขึ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

firasat

🇵🇭Filipino

premonisyon

isang pakiramdam ng kasamaan na darating

🇲🇾Malay

firasat

perasaan jahat akan datang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هاجس

شعور بالشر قادم

🇮🇷Persian

پیشگویی

احساس بدی در آینده

🇹🇷Turkish

önsezi

gelecek bir kötülük hissi

🇮🇱Hebrew

תְחוּשָׁה מוּקדֶמֶת

הרגשה של רע שיבוא

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The primary meaning of 'premonition' is 'a feeling of evil to come'.

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'premonition' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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