presage
verb
[ ˈprɛsɪdʒ ]
• be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one).
• "the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow"
Similar:
portend,
augur,
foreshadow,
foretell,
prophesy,
be an omen of,
herald,
be a sign of,
be the harbinger of,
be a warning of,
give a warning of,
warn of,
be an indication of,
indicate,
be a presage of,
signal,
bode,
announce,
promise,
threaten,
point to,
mean,
signify,
spell,
denote,
add up to,
amount to,
betoken,
foretoken,
forebode,
harbinger,
presage
noun
• an omen or portent.
• "the fever was a sombre presage of his final illness"
Similar:
omen,
sign,
indication,
portent,
warning,
forewarning,
harbinger,
foreshadowing,
augury,
signal,
promise,
threat,
ill omen,
forecast,
prediction,
prognostication,
prophecy,
straw in the wind,
writing on the wall,
hint,
foretoken,
auspice,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin praesagium, from praesagire ‘forebode’, from prae ‘before’ + sagire ‘perceive keenly’.
