noun · countable / uncountable · rare

misgiving

misgiving · misgivings

побоювання, передчуття

опасение, дурное предчувствие

Zweifel, Bedenken

Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dreadDoubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

/mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ/

» Mary's mother had misgivings about Mary marrying Tom.

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
Zweifel, Bedenken
опасениеopasenije, дурное предчувствиеdurnoje predčuvstvije
побоюванняpobojuvannja, передчуттяperedčuttja
doubt about someone's honesty

5 sentences

Mary's mother had misgivings about Mary marrying Tom.
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I must admit, I have some misgivings about your plan.
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I have my misgivings.
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Tom's misgiving has come true.
ruОпасения Тома сбылись.
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Happy days of childish credulity, when fact and fiction were swallowed alike without a misgiving!
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6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

Doubts, concerns:

Русский

By meaning 1

Doubts, concerns:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

Doubts, concerns:

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

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

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plural: misgivings

Singular	misgiving
Plural	misgivings

regular

7 synonyms

Close in meaning

doubt about someone's honesty:mistrust distrust suspicion
painful expectation:apprehension
uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety):scruple qualm

3 related words

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