'Misgiving' definitions:

Definition of 'misgiving'

From: WordNet
noun
Uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving]
noun
Painful expectation [syn: apprehension, misgiving]
noun
Doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion]

Definition of 'Misgiving'

From: GCIDE
  • Misgive \Mis*give"\, v. t. [imp. Misgave; p. p. Misgiven; p. pr. & vb. n. Misgiving.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] --Laud. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts What may befall him, to his harm and ours. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To suspect; to dread. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'misgiving'

From: GCIDE
  • misgiving \mis*giv"ing\, n. Evil premonition; doubt; distrust; a feeling of apprehension; -- used commonly in the plural. "Suspicious and misgivings." --South. [1913 Webster]

Words containing 'Misgiving'