presentiment means A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PRESENTIMENT — [Noun] A feeling that something, often of an undesirable nature, is going to happen. From French pressentiment, from Middle French pre- ("before") + sentiment ("feeling"). Unlike a "hunch," which is a bloodless, general intuition, or a "premonition," which suggests a cinematic or supernatural vision, a presentiment is a deep, somatic dread—a weather system of the spirit. It is the sudden chill that stops you on a sunlit stair, the inexplicable weight in the chest that makes a cheerful room feel like a stage set, or the silent, perfect certainty—as you wave goodbye—that you are seeing a face for the last time. It is the past, already knowing the future, whispering to the gut.
noun
- A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.“A man, my good Sir, has seldom an offer of kindness to make to a woman, but she has a presentiment of it some moments before.”