noun
presentment
An intuitive feeling that something is about to happen.
She has a sudden presentment that something is about to go wrong.
Etymology
This rare sense is a variant of presentiment. It concerns feeling something beforehand, rather than the separate legal word for formally presenting a matter.
More examples
- His uneasy presentment proves right when the power goes out.
- I cannot explain my presentment that this trip will end badly.
- Despite her presentments of trouble, the meeting goes smoothly.
Forms
presentment · presentments
Similar words
- premonition
- A more common word for sensing a future event.
- foreboding
- Specifically emphasizes dread that something bad will happen.
- intuition
- Broader instinctive understanding, not necessarily about a future event.