presaged
Signaled in advance
Presaged is the past tense of presage, meaning to foreshadow or serve as an omen of something to come.
Events that presaged disaster hinted at what was approaching: The market volatility presaged the crash.
The word carries a literary or formal tone, often appearing in historical or dramatic contexts: Dark clouds presaged the storm that would devastate the coast.
Predicted future events
- prophesiedPredicted through divine insight
- predictedDeclared in advance
- foreshadowedIndicated in advance
- auguredPredicted from signs
portended · divined · prognosticated · heralded · forewarned · prefigured · betokened · adumbrated
One who foreshadows
- portentSign of future calamity
- signMark conveying information
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- warningAlert about danger
precursor · herald · auspice · foreboding · augury · indicator · signal · red flag
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- foreknowledgeAwareness of future events
foresight · instinct · inkling · presentiment · feeling · sense · suspicion · apprehension
foretold
Predicted future events
- prophesiedPredicted through divine insight
- predictedDeclared in advance
- foreshadowedIndicated in advance
augured · portended · divined · prognosticated · heralded · forewarned · prefigured · betokened · adumbrated · boded
harbinger
One who foreshadows
- portentSign of future calamity
- signMark conveying information
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
warning · precursor · herald · auspice · foreboding · augury · indicator · signal · red flag · foreshadowing
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
foreknowledge · foresight · instinct · inkling · presentiment · feeling · sense · suspicion · apprehension · foreboding
presagedsurprised
Caught unawares
blindsided · caught off guard · shocked · ambushed · unpredicted