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premonition, presentiment, boding

n. a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

omen, portent, presage, prognostic

n. a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

fateful, portentous

adj. ominously prophetic

harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor

n. an indication of the approach of something or someone

forerunner, precursor

n. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

omen, portent, presage, prognostic, foreboding

n. a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

forewarning, premonition

n. an early warning about a future event

preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opnion, preconceived notion, preconceived idea

n. a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

prejudgment, prejudgement

n. a judgment reached before the evidence is available

forerunner, precursor

n. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

sign, signal, signaling, signalling

n. any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"

forewarning, premonition

n. an early warning about a future event

foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding

n. a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor

n. an indication of the approach of something or someone

hint, clue

n. a slight indication

indication

n. something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"

warning

n. a message informing of danger

admonition, warning, word of advice

n. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)

forbidding, ugly, ominous, dire, direful, baleful, menacing, minacious, minatory, sinister, threatening

adj. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"

forthcoming, imminent, impendent, impending

adj. close in time; about to occur; "retribution is at hand"; "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand"; "in imminent danger"; "his impending retirement"

foreshadowing, adumbrative, prefigurative

adj. indistinctly prophetic

revelatory, apocalyptic, apocalyptical

adj. prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom

clairvoyant, precognitive, second-sighted

adj. foreseeing the future

oracular, Delphic

adj. obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message"

sibylline, divinatory, mantic, sibyllic, vatic, vatical

adj. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"

farseeing

adj. capable of seeing to a great distance

precursory, premonitory

adj. warning of future misfortune

prognostic, predictive, prognosticative

adj. of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions

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