Happy days of childish credulity, when fact and fiction were swallowed alike without a misgiving!
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Misgiving
//mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ//
Synonyms for "misgiving" (118 found)
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Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
mistrustfulnessnervousnervous strainnervous tensionnervousnesson tenterhooksoveranxietyoveranxiousoverapprehensivepangperturbationperturbedpins and needlespremonitionprenotionpresagepresentimentpuckerpyrrhonismqualm
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qualmishqualmishnessqualmyquestionscrupulousnessself-doubtshadow of doubtskepticalnessskepticismsolicitoussolicitudestewstrainstrainedsuspensesuspensefulsuspicionsuspiciousnesstensetensiontotal skepticismtroubletroubledunbeliefuncertaintyuneaseuneasinessuneasyunquietnessupsetvexationwarinessworryzealzealous
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3 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐνθυμία noun (Doubts, concerns)
Bulgarian
1 entries- опасение noun (Doubts, concerns)
Dutch
1 entries- twijfel noun (Doubts, concerns)
Finnish
1 entries- epäilys noun (Doubts, concerns)
French
1 entries- état d'âme noun (Doubts, concerns)
German
2 entries- Bedenken noun (Doubts, concerns)
- Zweifel noun (Doubts, concerns)
Irish
1 entries- drochamhras noun (Doubts, concerns)
Malayalam
1 entries- ആശങ്ക noun (Doubts, concerns)
Māori
4 entries- mānukanuka noun (Doubts, concerns)
- pekerau noun (Doubts, concerns)
- potau noun (Doubts, concerns)
- raupeka noun (Doubts, concerns)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شبهه noun (Doubts, concerns)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Bedenkjen noun (Doubts, concerns)
Portuguese
2 entries- dúvidas noun (Doubts, concerns)
- preocupações noun (Doubts, concerns)
Russian
2 entries- дурное предчувствие noun (Doubts, concerns)
- опасение noun (Doubts, concerns)
Spanish
3 entries- duda noun (Doubts, concerns)
- recelo noun (Doubts, concerns)
- temor noun (Doubts, concerns)
Ukrainian
2 entries- передчуття noun (Doubts, concerns)
- побоювання noun (Doubts, concerns)
Sample 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
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