noun
- A feeling of evil to come.
- usage: "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"
- synonyms: premonition, presentiment, boding
- An unfavorable omen.
verb
- Make a prediction about; tell in advance.
- usage: "Call the outcome of an election"
- synonyms: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
adjective
- Ominously prophetic.
- synonyms: fateful, portentous
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