premonitory

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

premonitory
    adj 1: warning of future misfortune [syn: {precursory},
           {premonitory}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Premonitory \Pre*mon"i*to*ry\, a. [L. praemonitorius.]
   Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms
   of disease. -- {Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "premonitory":
      augural, foreboding, forerunning, foreshadowing, foreshowing,
      foretokening, forewarning, heavy with meaning, indicative,
      intuitive, meaningful, monitory, ominous, portentous, precautional,
      precautionary, precursive, precursory, predictive, prefigurative,
      preindicative, presageful, presaging, prodromal, prodromic,
      prognostic, prognosticative, significant, warning

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