Could I Use "Premonition" In A Good Sense?
I'm getting that same premonition of my boredom being turned upside-down!
I can see 'my boredom being turned upside-down' as a beneficial influence.
Could I use "premonition" in a good sense?
Cobuild: If you have a premonition, you have a feeling that something is going to happen, often something unpleasant
Oxford: a feeling that something is going to happen, especially something unpleasant
Longman: a strange feeling that something, especially something bad, is going to happen
Macmillan: a strong feeling that something is going to happen, especially something bad
Cambridge: a feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen
Top answer
anonymous Could I use "premonition" in a good sense? I wouldn't. The "mon" part is the same as the one in "admonish", Latin for warning.
- anonymous Could I use "premonition" in a good sense?
- I wouldn't.
- The "mon" part is the same as the one in "admonish", Latin for warning.
- A premonition is an advance warning, and that connotation adheres.
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anonymousCould I use "premonition" in a good sense?
I wouldn't. The "mon" part is the same as the one in "admonish", Latin for warning. A premonition is an advance warning, and that connotation adheres.
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