misgiving
noun/mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ/
Etymology
From misgive, from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, given”). Compare given and what gives.
- inherited from give
Definitions
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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