presentiments
Feelings something's coming
Presentiments are feelings that something is about to happen, especially something bad.
The word carries a sense of intuition or foreboding rather than rational prediction: She had presentiments of disaster.
A presentiment isn't based on evidence—it's a vague unease about the future that proves difficult to shake.
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
- inner voiceUnspoken mental dialogue
feeling · intuitiveness · sensitivity · awareness · discernment · perception · insight · foresight
Prophetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
presage · augury · sign · warning · foretoken · herald · auspice · divination
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- inklingSlight, uncertain awareness
inner voice · feeling · intuitiveness · sensitivity · awareness · discernment · perception · insight · foresight · subliminal
omen
Prophetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
foreshadowing · presage · augury · sign · warning · foretoken · herald · auspice · divination · prophecy
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- uneaseMild persistent worry
trepidation · misgiving · disquiet · anxiety · fear · worry · alarm · chill · shiver · shadow
- premonitionspremonitions, forebodings, forewarnings, omens, portents
presentimentshindsight
Recognition after the fact
retrospection · afterthoughts · recollections · memories · post-mortems
presentimentscalms
Reduces agitation
reassurances · peace of mind · serenity · equanimity · tranquility