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noun

misgiving n. Evil premonition; doubt; distrust; a feeling of apprehension; used commonly in the plural. "Suspicious and misgivings."

verb

Misgive v. t. (past misgave; past part. misgiven; pres. part. misgiving)

To give or grant amiss. (Obs.)

Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. "So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts What may befall him, to his harm and ours." "Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved."

To suspect; to dread. (Obs.)

Misgive v. i. (past misgave; past part. misgiven; pres. part. misgiving) To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute. "My mind misgives."

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Etymology of 'Misgiving'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Misgiving" Quotes from Famous Books

... any business of importance, was considered at all times a bad omen, as it is in the country parts of Ireland unto this day; but to meet a female familiar with forbidden powers, as Nell M'Collum was supposed to be, never failed to produce fear and misgiving in those who met her. Mere physical courage was no bar against the influence of such superstitions; many a man was a slave to them who never knew fear of a human or tangible enemy. They constituted an important part of ...

— The Dead Boxer - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two • William Carleton

... pinch, and with much misgiving put it into his mouth. He produced salt of his own, which the ...

— The Flying Legion • George Allan England

... too, and throwing back his hot, flushed face, on which an expression of vulgar self-satisfaction was curiously mingled with a feeling of terror, a secret misgiving, he bawled out, "I'll sacrifice another thousand! Get it for me, Vasia!" To which ...

— Virgin Soil • Ivan S. Turgenev

... to find him some efficient mechanician to go over the factory and see what can be done. Surely Wilmarth cannot oppose anything for their united interest, unless, indeed, he means to ruin if he cannot rule. There is a misgiving in Floyd's mind that he is purposely allowing everything to depreciate with a view of getting it cheaply into his own hands. Floyd has the capacity of being roused, "put on his mettle," and now he resolves, distasteful as it is, to ...

— Floyd Grandon's Honor • Amanda Minnie Douglas

... all her doubts with it,—hoped she had silenced them for ever,—but the perception would return that it was only the beauty that he praised, because it was beauty, and struck him as such. Shade upon shade, imperceptible in itself, but each tint adding to its depth, the cloud of misgiving darkened, and though she tried to fight it off,—though she told herself it was too late,—though she was very angry with herself for it, there it still hung; and the ever-present consciousness of Marian's disapproval heightened it, ...

— The Two Guardians • Charlotte Mary Yonge

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