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misgiving::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | distrust, mistrust, suspicion |
| Type of | incertitude, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, uncertainty |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apprehension |
| Type of | expectation, outlook, prospect |
| Derivation | misgive |
Examples of misgiving
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American people, even if with reluctance and misgiving, will choose repression.
From the time.com
The only misgiving here is that the orchestra sometimes outmatched the singers.
From the sacbee.com
He exudes brisk, straightforward confidence, without pretense or misgiving.
From the theatlantic.com
The President answered in the tones of a man stumbling through thickets of misgiving.
From the time.com
They truly believed that not a single one expressed any fear or misgiving about re-entry.
From the chron.com
The convention which nominated him gave him the vote with misgiving.
From the time.com
One misgiving after another was mentioned, until Blumenthal impatiently quelled the bleats.
From the theatlantic.com
Now enlargement to 25 has produced a fresh source of misgiving.
From the economist.com
Any small misgiving felt by Redknapp will lie in the conservatism.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Scruple: uneasiness about the fitness of an action
- Apprehension: painful expectation
- Doubt about someone's honesty
- "Misgivings" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series The Wire. Written by Ed Burns from a story by Ed Burns & Eric Overmyer, and directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, it originally aired on November 19, 2006.
- Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
