presaging
Hinting at future
Presaging is foretelling or foreshadowing something to come.
Dark clouds presage a storm; unusual symptoms presage illness.
The word carries a sense of ominous anticipation: The economic indicators were presaging trouble ahead.
To presage is to serve as a warning sign or portent, often of something unwelcome.
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- omenProphetic indicator
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
prognostication · divination · oracle · soothsaying · auspice · forewarning · herald · boding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
instinct · inkling · presentiment · apprehension · anticipation · sense · feeling · suspicion
One who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- sibylAncient female prophet
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
visionary · diviner · augur · prophet · prophetess · cassandra · revelation · apocalyptic
portent
Sign of future calamity
foreshadowing · prognostication · divination · oracle · soothsaying · auspice · forewarning · herald · boding · sign
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
foresight · instinct · inkling · presentiment · apprehension · anticipation · sense · feeling · suspicion · unease
seer
One who envisions futures
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- sibylAncient female prophet
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
clairvoyant · visionary · diviner · augur · prophet · prophetess · cassandra · revelation · apocalyptic · messianic
presagingrecalling
Bringing to mind again
recounting · recollecting · commemorating · memorializing · reflecting on
presagingconfirming
Establishing truth of something
proving · verifying · establishing · substantiating · demonstrating
predict, premonition, prophecy, presage, sagacity, sagacious, prescient, presages, presaged