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misgiving
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of MISGIVING
1
a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something <I had misgivings about the alleged victim's story, but I was afraid to speak up>
Synonyms distrust, distrustfulness, dubiety, dubitation [archaic], incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, query, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty
2
an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do <he was filled with misgivings about committing himself to such a huge loan>
Related Words conscience; distrust, doubt, dubiety, incertitude, misdoubt, mistrust, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty; qualmishness, unease, uneasiness; reluctance, unwillingness; demur, fuss, objection, protest, question, remonstrance; aversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness; guilt, regret, remorse, self-reproach, shame; contrition, penitence, repentance
Near Antonyms aplomb, assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness
3
suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune <overcome by a sudden misgiving upon seeing the creepy old mansion>
Related Words agitation, anxiety, anxiousness, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fearfulness, funk, perturbation, solicitude, suspense, unease, uneasiness; scruple, worry; doubt, incertitude, mistrust, suspiciousness, uncertainty, wariness; defeatism, pessimism; foreknowledge, premonition, presage, presentiment
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