March 20, 2026
premonition
/ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/noun
A strange feeling or dream that seems to warn of something before it happens.
Example sentences
- “She had a premonition that the phone call would bring bad news.”
- “The night before the crash, my grandfather had a premonition and refused to fly.”
You 'have' a premonition, and it is almost always of something bad. A hunch about good news rarely gets the word.