premonitory

pre·mon·i·to·ry

adj \pri-ˈmä-nə-ˌtȯr-ē\

Definition of PREMONITORY

: giving warning <a premonitory symptom>

— pre·mon·i·to·ri·ly \-ˌmä-nə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē\ adverb

Examples of PREMONITORY

1. <a moderate tremor that some seismologists have interpreted as a premonitory sign of the catastrophic quake that is inevitable>

First Known Use of PREMONITORY

1647

Related to PREMONITORY

Synonyms: admonishing, admonitory, cautioning, exemplary, monitory, cautionary, warning

Related Words: didactic, moralistic, moralizing; advisory, counseling (or counselling); punishing, punitive

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Rhymes with PREMONITORY

accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory, amendatory, applicatory, approbatory, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory, commendatory, compensatory, conciliatory, condemnatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, conservatory, consolatory, contributory, copulatory, cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory, dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, designatory, dispensatory, divinatory, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory, exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory, exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory, explanatory, explicatory, exploratory, expository, expurgatory, incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory, inundatory, invitatory, judicatory, masticatory, masturbatory, memento mori, millefiori, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory, performatory, persecutory, predicatory, prohibitory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, retributory, revelatory, respiratory, salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory, transmigratory, undulatory