Presentimental

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the nature of a presentiment; foreboding. not-comparable

    "Amelia heard the claret bell ringing as she sat nervously upstairs. She thought, somehow, it was a mysterious and presentimental bell. Of the presentiments which some people are always having, some surely must come right."

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"Amelia heard the claret bell ringing as she sat nervously upstairs. She thought, somehow, it was a mysterious and presentimental bell. Of the presentiments which some people are always having, some surely must come right."

Etymology

From presentiment + -al.

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