adjective
- giving or serving as a sign of something that will happen in the future; ominous or prophetic
Usage: literary; formal
Examples
- The dark clouds gathered in a presageful manner before the storm.
- Her presageful words about the company’s future proved accurate.
- The owl’s cry seemed presageful in the quiet night.
- There was something presageful about his sudden departure.
- The fortune teller spoke in presageful tones about coming changes.
- The presageful silence in the courtroom made everyone nervous.