SECOND THOUGHTS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

second thoughts

noun

plural of second thought

as in irresolutions

a feeling of guilt, doubt, worry, etc., that you have after you have decided to do something or after something has happened After she agreed to lend him the money, she had second thoughts. She was having second thoughts about getting married.

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In a fresh sign of doubts about whether the billions flowing to AI companies can be justified, AI data center company Elice Group plunged 32% on its trading debut in South Korea Tuesday.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
The pushback comes amid deteriorating sentiment toward AI infrastructure companies more widely, as higher borrowing costs and doubts about AI returns have hit peers such as CoreWeave and Nebius.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

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Whatever Lee’s initial misgivings, Netflix—which, in 2023, announced a two-and-a-half-billion-dollar investment in Korean television series and movies—threw its weight behind the project.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
That result jazzed me, especially given my initial misgivings about the keyboard.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2026

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