misgiving

noun
/mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ/

Etymology

From misgive, from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, given”). Compare given and what gives.

  1. inherited from give

Definitions

  1. Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

    • He could think of her being there, without a lurking misgiving that it would have been better if she had not come.
    • In the night, or the gloomy chambers of the day, fears and misgivings wax strong, but out in the sunlight there is, for a time, cessation even of the terror of death.

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