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- I had misgivings about the alleged victim's story, but I was afraid to speak up
Synonyms for misgiving
- distrust,
- distrustfulness,
- doubt,
- dubiety,
- dubitation
- [archaic],
- incertitude,
- misdoubt,
- mistrust,
- mistrustfulness,
- query,
- reservation,
- skepticism,
- suspicion,
- uncertainty
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- he was filled with misgivings about committing himself to such a huge loan
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- overcome by a sudden misgiving upon seeing the creepy old mansion
Synonyms for misgiving
- alarm
- (also alarum),
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- dread,
- foreboding
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“Misgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misgiving. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of misgiving was in 1582
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