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Misgiving

//mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

    "He could think of her being there, without a lurking misgiving that it would have been better if she had not come."

  2. 2
    doubt about someone's honesty wordnet
  3. 3
    painful expectation wordnet
  4. 4
    uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety) wordnet

Etymology

From misgive, from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, given”). Compare given and what gives.

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