How is the word pressentiment translated from French to English

English translation
foreboding
noun

Sentiment que quelque chose de mauvais va arriver.

A feeling that something bad will happen.

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  • Elle était envahie par un mauvais pressentiment. — She was filled with a sense of foreboding.

  • Les nuages inquiétants annonçaient un orage tout proche. — The foreboding clouds signaled a storm was near.

  • Un étrange pressentiment l'a tenu éveillé toute la nuit. — A strange foreboding kept him awake all night.

  • J'ai ressenti une peur inquiétante en entrant dans la pièce sombre. — I felt a foreboding dread as I entered the dark room.

  • Pourquoi ai-je un tel pressentiment au sujet de demain ? — Why do I feel such foreboding about tomorrow?

  • Un silence inquiétant a précédé l'annonce. — There was a foreboding silence before the announcement.

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