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    Premonition

    /ˌprɛm.əˈnɪʃ.ən/

    Meaning & Definition

    noun
    A strong feeling or intuition that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.
    She had a premonition that the storm would cause severe damage to their home.
    An early warning or anticipation of a future event.
    His premonition about the stock market crash turned out to be accurate.
    A forewarning or presentiment.
    Despite her friend's reassurances, she couldn't shake off the premonition of impending doom.

    Etymology

    Late Latin 'praemonitio', from 'praemonere' meaning 'to warn in advance'.

    Common Phrases and Expressions

    bad premonition:
    A feeling that something bad is going to happen.
    premonition of doom:
    A strong feeling that something disastrous is imminent.
    have a premonition:
    To feel or sense something will happen before it does.

    Related Words

    intuition
    The ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.
    foreknowledge
    Knowledge of an event before it happens.
    augury
    The practice of interpreting omens from the observed behavior of animals.

    Slang Meanings

    Feeling something is off.
    I had a weird vibe, a kind of premonition that this party was going to be a disaster.
    Bad feeling.
    I just got this bad feeling, like a premonition that something's not right.