misgiving

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  2. noun painful expectation
  3. noun doubt about someone's honesty

Etymology

From misgive, from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, given”). Compare given and what gives.

In classic literature

Synonyms

scruple, qualm

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