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misgiving noun [ mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ ]

• a feeling of doubt or apprehension about the outcome or consequences of something.
• "we have misgivings about the way the campaign is being run"
Similar: qualm, doubt, reservation, scruple, suspicion, distrust, mistrust, lack of faith, lack of confidence, diffidence, second thoughts, trepidation, scepticism, worry, unease, uneasiness, anxiety, apprehension, uncertainty, niggle, disquiet, disquietude, hesitation, hesitance, hesitancy,
Opposite: confidence,

misgive verb

• (of a person's mind or heart) fill (that person) with doubt, apprehension, or foreboding.
• "my heart misgave me when I saw him"


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