presage

presage

noun

Definition of PRESAGE

1

a feeling that something bad will happen <I had a nagging presage that the results of my medical tests would not be good>

Synonyms foreboding, presage, 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

2

something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event <the sight of the first robin is always a welcome presage of spring>

Synonyms augury, auspice, boding, foreboding, foreshadowing, portent, prefiguring, presage

Related Words forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor; foretaste, hint, inkling, intimation, suggestion; forewarning; forecast, foretelling, prediction, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy); badge, mark, note, token; divination