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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 story, but I was afraid to speak up.
Synonyms of misgiving

distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, incertitude, misdoubt, mistrust, mistrustfulness, query, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty
Words Related to misgiving

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

anxiety, concern, paranoia, wariness

compunction, qualm, scruple, tremor
Near Antonyms of misgiving

credence, faith
Antonyms of misgiving

assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety, trust
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.
Synonyms of misgiving

compunction, qualm, scruple
Words Related to misgiving

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
Near Antonyms of misgiving

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
Synonyms of misgiving

alarm (also alarum), apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, foreboding
Words Related to misgiving

agitation, anxiety, anxiousness, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fearfulness, unease, uneasiness

scruple, worry

doubt, incertitude, mistrust, suspiciousness, uncertainty, wariness

defeatism, pessimism

foreknowledge, premonition, presage, presentiment
Near Antonyms of misgiving

anticipation, excitement, hope, hopefulness

confidence, optimism, sanguinity

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