What does "premonitory" mean?

Serving as a warning or premonition.

How do you pronounce "premonitory"?

Pronounced //pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi//.

Common synonyms include: augural, foreboding, foreboding, forerunning, foreshadowed, foreshadowing.

/pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/ adj

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Adjective

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

"Sometimes I have premonitory dreams."

Borrowed from Latin praemonitōrius.