premonition (n.)

  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

    [ Syn: foreboding , presentiment , boding ]

  2. an early warning about a future event

    [ Syn: forewarning ]

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