Synonyms for misgiving
mɪsˈgɪv ɪŋmis·giv·ing

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1. misgivingnoun

   Synonyms:
   doubt

2. misgivingnoun

   doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

   Synonyms:
   doubt

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1. misgiving

   Alarm, according to its derivation all'arme, "to arms," is an arousing to meet and repel danger, and may be quite consistent with true courage. Affright and fright express sudden fear which, for the time at least, overwhelms courage. The sentinel discovers with alarm the sudden approach of the enemy; the unarmed villagers view it with affright. Apprehension, disquietude, dread, misgiving, and solicitude are in anticipation of danger; consternation, dismay, and terror are overwhelming fear, generally in the actual presence of that which is terrible, though these words also may have an anticipative force. Timidity is a quality, habit, or condition, a readiness to be affected with fear. A person of great timidity is constantly liable to needless alarm and even terror. Compare FEAR.

   Synonyms:
   affright, alarm, apprehension, consternation, dismay, disquietude, dread, fear, fright, panic, solicitude, terror, timidity

   Antonyms:
   assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

   Preposition:
   Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.

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1. scruple, qualm, misgivingnoun

   uneasiness about the fitness of an action

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, mistrust, suspicion, qualm, distrust, scruple, squeamishness, queasiness

2. apprehension, misgivingnoun

   painful expectation

   Synonyms:
   savvy, mistrust, suspicion, scruple, dread, catch, arrest, pinch, distrust, qualm, apprehension, understanding, taking into custody, discernment, collar, apprehensiveness

3. misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicionnoun

   doubt about someone's honesty

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, mistrust, distrustfulness, suspiciousness, hunch, intuition, suspicion, distrust, scruple, qualm

Matched Categories

1. • Doubt
   • Expectation

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1. misgivingnoun

   Synonyms:
   doubt, distrust, suspicion, want of confidence

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1. misgivingnoun

   Synonyms:
   doubt, suspicion, evil premonition

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How to use misgiving in a sentence?

1. Sophocles:

   A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.

2. Vicente Lim:

   My greatest misgiving in this Army is the old system of the Filipino people. For an honest man it is rather the cause of my unhappiness. I am unhappy every time I see an officer or a reserve given more advantage over his brother officer because of his political or personal pull. That irritates me so much, I just cannot get over it.