presage

¹pres·age

noun \ˈpre-sij, also pri-ˈsāj\

Definition of PRESAGE

1

: something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen

2

: an intuition or feeling of what is going to happen in the future

3

archaic : prognostication

4

: warning or indication of the future

— pre·sage·ful \pri-ˈsāj-fəl\ adjective

Examples of PRESAGE

1. <I had a nagging presage that the results of my medical tests would not be good.>
2. <the sight of the first robin is always a welcome presage of spring>

Origin of PRESAGE

Middle English, from Latin praesagium, from praesagus having a foreboding, from prae- + sagus prophetic — more at seek

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to PRESAGE

Synonyms: foreboding, premonition, presentiment, prognostication

Related Words: anticipation, foreknowledge; feel, insight, intuition; augury, omen, portent, sign; impression, suspicion; agitation, alarm (also alarum), anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, care, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, fear, misgiving, nervousness, perturbation, unease, uneasiness, worry; foresight, prescience

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Rhymes with PRESAGE

backstage, birdcage, broad-gauge, coon's age, dark age, downstage, encage, engage, enrage, forestage, front-page, greengage, ice age, Iron Age, new age, offstage, onstage, outrage, rampage, rib cage, road rage, roll cage, soundstage, space-age, substage, teenage, thrust stage, uncage, upstage