[ noun ] a feeling of evil to come <noun.feeling> a steadily escalating sense of forebodingthe lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
Presentiment \Pre*sen"ti*ment\, n. [Pref. pre- + sentiment: cf. F. pressentiment. See {Presentient}.] Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil; foreboding.