premonition
a warning feeling before something happens
Roots
Other words with the mon root
- admonish: to warn or correct firmly
- admonition: a warning or cautionary rebuke
- monitor: watcher or warner
- monitory: giving warning or admonition
- monument: structure that preserves memory
- premonitory: giving advance warning
- summon: to call forth or order to appear
Premonition is a before-warning: the mind acts as if it heard trouble early.
He had a premonition that the cheerful email concealed bad news.