Definition of Misgivings

1. Noun. (plural of misgiving) Doubt; hesitation; reluctance; worry; concern. ¹

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Definition of Misgivings

1. misgiving [n] - See also: misgiving

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misgivings

misfunctioning
misfunctions
misgauge
misgauged
misgauges
misgauging
misgave
misgendered
misget
misgetting
misgive
misgiven
misgives
misgiving
misgivings
misgo
misgoes
misgoing
misgone
misgot
misgotten
misgovern
misgovernance
misgoverned
misgoverning
misgovernment
misgovernments
misgoverns
misgracious

Literary usage of Misgivings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"Misgivings. It was during the composition of Little Dorrit that I think he first felt a certain strain upon his invention which brought with it other ..."

2. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1864)
"I have stated it as fairly and unreservedly as I possibly can; let me now proceed to examine the several misgivings to which it may have given rise. ..."

3. Proceedings (1855)
"Am.« »nt"d derated office with serious misgivings. • » , л . feeling that it is more to your kind partiality l{ev. .lohn J. M"Ore, San Francisco. ..."

4. The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1916)
"being ordained—not because he had any misgivings, but as a diversion. His mother, however, thought she had settled all that, and he got no more out of her. ..."

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