Synonyms for misgiving
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mis-giv-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈgɪv ɪŋ |
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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
- 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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