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Webster 1913 Edition


misgiving

mis-giv′ing

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Noun.
Evil premonition; doubt; distrust; a feeling of apprehension; – used commonly in the plural.
“Suspicious and misgivings.”
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Misgiving

MISGIV'ING

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ppr.
Filling with doubt or distrust; failing.

MISGIV'ING

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Noun.
A failing of confidence; doubt; distrust.
Doubts, suspicions and misgivings.

Definition 2024


misgiving

misgiving

English

Noun

misgiving (plural misgivings)

  1. doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
    • 1846-1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son:
      He could think of her being there, without a lurking misgiving that it would have been better if she had not come.
    • 1900, Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie:
      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.

Usage notes

Almost always used in the plural.

Synonyms

External links

  • misgiving in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • misgiving in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911