premonitory UK /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtəɹi/US /pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/ adjective1 •Serving as a warning or premonition.[…] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash. — 1863