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.

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

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.

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.

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.