Misgiving Synonyms and Antonyms

mĭs-gĭvĭng
A feeling of uncertainty about the fitness or correctness of an action
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. compunction
  2. qualm
  3. apprehension
  4. reservation
  5. scruple
Antonyms:
  1. certainty
  2. confidence
  3. doubtlessness
  4. sureness
  5. trust
Doubt about someone's honesty
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. doubt
  2. qualm
  3. apprehension
  4. distrust
  5. suspicion
  6. alarm
  7. scruple
  8. mistrust
  9. unease
  10. evil premonition
  11. hesitation
  12. uncertainty
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Misgiving Sentence Examples

  • The king alone appeared to feel no misgiving.

  • The only slight misgiving I might've had was with Ben Goldberg's clarinet.

  • From the first Burke looked on the events of 1789 with doubt and misgiving.

  • He soon returned to England, where he lived for eight years in close connexion with Mazzini, by whom, with some misgiving, he was persuaded to join the Revolutionary Committee.

  • That men who had still the memory of Majuba in their hearts should have felt misgiving is not to be wondered at.

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