Premonition (Noun)
Meaning 1
An early warning about a future event.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case".
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- The old mansion had been abandoned for decades, and the locals avoided it due to a collective premonition of evil that lingered in its crumbling halls.
- As she walked through the dark forest, Sarah couldn't shake off the premonition that something was watching her from the shadows.
- The villagers had a premonition of disaster when they saw the dark clouds gathering over the mountain, and they scrambled to evacuate before the landslide hit.
- The detective had a premonition that the serial killer would strike again soon, and he worked tirelessly to gather evidence and prevent the next murder.
- The captain's premonition of doom proved correct when the ship hit the iceberg and began to sink, taking hundreds of lives with it.