presentiments

noun

plural of presentiment
as in premonitions
a feeling that something bad will happen a nagging presentiment of danger

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  1. premonitions
  2. feels
  3. suspicions
  4. prognostications
Noun
  • Retroactively, they were interpreted as premonitions of the 1994 violence that saw many thousands of locals, primarily Tutsis, massacred at the hands of Hutu Génocidaires.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • Again, people have premonitions.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
Definition of premonitions
Noun
  • An ongoing two-day drop in South Florida’s dewpoint Tuesday and Wednesday brought steamy Miami slight relief from the oppressive feels-like heat that had generated 12 consecutive days of heat advisories from the National Weather Service in Miami.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Feelings about the third season aside, seeing Sudeikis all dressed up as everyone’s favorite football coach hit me right in the feels.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026
Definition of feels
Noun
  • Any signs of enthusiasm for the meal created suspicions of cook-napping.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
  • By the mid-1980s, Diana was sure that Charles and Camilla had rekindled their romantic affair, ultimately confronting Camilla about her suspicions at a party in 1989.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 26 July 2026
Definition of suspicions
Noun
  • Evans, a 6-foot-6 guard from Duke, said he wasn’t offended by prognostications that place him late in the first round.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • Not that these prognostications are wrong.
    — Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of prognostications
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