Misgiving : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Misgiving	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Misgiving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
misgiving n uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple, qualm, misgiving] painful expectation Synonym(s): apprehension, misgiving doubt about someone's honesty Synonym(s): misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Misgiving \Mis*giv"ing\, n. Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. [bd]Suspicious and misgivings.[b8] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Misgive \Mis*give"\, v. t. [imp. {Misgave}; p. p. {Misgiven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misgiving}.] 1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] --Laud. 2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts What may befall him, to his harm and ours. --Shak. Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved. --Milton. 3. To suspect; to dread. [Obs.] --Shak.