Happy days of childish credulity, when fact and fiction were swallowed alike without a misgiving!
Source: tatoeba (5680765)
Misgiving
/mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ/
Synonyms for "misgiving" (127 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (26)
Noun(4 words)
agitatedagitationall oversall-overishall-oversangstanxietyanxiety hysteriaanxiety neurosisanxiousanxious benchanxious concernanxious seatanxioused upanxiousnessapprehensionapprehensiveapprehensivenessbodingbothered
Show 2 more words
cankerworm of carecare
Strong matches (38)
compunctionconcernconcernedconcernmentdiffidencediscomfortdisquietdisquieteddisquietudedistressdistrustdistrustfulnessdisturbancedisturbeddoubtdoubtfulnessdreaddubietydubiousnessfear
Show 12 more words
fearfulforebodingforebodingnessfunny feelinghalf-beliefhesitationin a puckerin a stewinquietudeleerinessmalaisemisdoubt
Noun(6 words)
Related words (63)
mistrustmistrustfulnessnervousnervous strainnervous tensionnervousnesson tenterhooksoveranxietyoveranxiousoverapprehensivepangperturbationperturbedpins and needlespremonitionprenotionpresagepresentimentpuckerpyrrhonism
Show 37 more words
qualmqualmishqualmishnessqualmyquestionscruplescrupulousnessself-doubtshadow of doubtskepticalnessskepticismsolicitoussolicitudestewstrainstrainedsuspensesuspensefulsuspicionsuspiciousnesstensetensiontotal skepticismtroubletroubledunbeliefuncertaintyuneaseuneasinessuneasyunquietnessupsetvexationwarinessworryzealzealous
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriesMore specific
7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesdeep misgivinggrowing misgivingmisgiving about the policymisgiving over the projectmisgiving regarding safetyserious misgiving
Inflections
1 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom's misgiving has come true.
Source: tatoeba (9028101)
He could think of her being there, without a lurking misgiving that it would have been better if she had not come.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.