Synonyms for misgiving

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mis-giv-ing

Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈgɪv ɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for misgiving

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Définition of misgiving

Origin : c.1600, "feeling of mistrust or sudden apprehension," from misgive "cause to feel doubt" (1510s), usually said of one's heart or mind, from mis- (1) + give in its Middle English sense of "suggest." Related: Misgivings.

noun uncertainty

Example sentences :

I have a misgiving that there is something dark at work here, Tom.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

I have kept everything together, from a misgiving that an hour would come.
Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

I went to your house with a good deal of misgiving, Mr. Paine.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I doubt if either of them entertained a misgiving as to what must be the issue.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

When this misgiving passed, it was succeeded by something of the nature of regret.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis

Half in misgiving, half in wantonness, she turned aside and hid in the ditch.
Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees

She had simply marched in without a shadow of misgiving to make me back her up.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

He asks if any of them has any doubt or misgiving as to the Buddha, or the truth, or the faith, or the way.
Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies

In the whole assembly there is not one who has any doubt or misgiving.
Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies

"No, I don't think he did that, Cornelia," said the mother with some misgiving.
Extract from : « The Coast of Bohemia » by William Dean Howells

Antonyms for misgiving

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