Warning of future misfortune.

synonym: precursory.

Roget 511: predicting etc. v.; predictive, prophetic; fatidic^†, fatidical^†; vaticinal, oracular, fatiloquent^†, haruspical, Sibylline; weatherwise^†.    ominous, portentous, augurous^†, augurial, augural; auspicial^†, auspicious; prescious^†, monitory, extispicious^†, premonitory, significant of, pregnant with, bit with the fate of.    ... show more

Roget 668: warning etc. v.; premonitory, monitory, cautionary; admonitory, admonitive^†; sematic [Biol.].    warned, forewarned etc. v.; on one's guard etc. (careful) 459, (cautious) 864.    ... show more