Premonitory

//pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Serving as a warning or premonition. not-comparable

    "[…] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash."

Adjective
  1. 1
    warning of future misfortune wordnet

Synonyms

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auguralforebodingforerunningforeshadowingforeshowingforetokening

Example

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"Sometimes I have premonitory dreams."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praemonitōrius.

Related phrases

premonitory urge

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