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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MISGIV'ING, ppr. Filling with doubt or distrust; failing.
MISGIV'ING, n. A failing of confidence; doubt; distrust.
Doubts, suspicions and misgivings.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving]
2: painful expectation [syn: apprehension, misgiving]
3: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1582 a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (usu. in pl.) a feeling of mistrust or apprehension.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Misgive Mis*give", v. t. [imp. Misgave; p. p. Misgiven; p. pr. & vb. n. Misgiving.] 1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] --Laud. 2. 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. --Shak. Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved. --Milton. 3. To suspect; to dread. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Misgiving Mis*giv"ing, n. Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. ``Suspicious and misgivings.'' --South.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(misgivings) If you have misgivings about something that is being suggested or done, you feel that it is not quite right, and are worried that it may have unwanted results. She had some misgivings about what she was about to do... N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Doubt, distrust, suspicion, want of confidence, hesitation.

Moby Thesaurus

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