[ US /mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /mɪsɡˈɪvɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. painful expectation
  2. uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  3. doubt about someone's honesty
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How To Use misgiving In A Sentence

  • But, whatever harm Macscruby thinks our flag might do to his beef jerky, McDonald's had no misgivings on its effect on the Big Mac.
  • It is certain that Byron had begun the fourth canto, and written some thirty or more stanzas, before Hobhouse rejoined him at his villa of La Mira on the banks of the Brenta, in July, 1817; and it would seem that, although he had begun by saying "that he was too short a time in Rome for it," he speedily overcame his misgivings, and accomplished, as he believed, the last "fytte" of his pilgrimage. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2
  • But despite all these misgivings, I must confess I fell for the movie hook, line and sinker.
  • It meant giving up the chance of going on to university, but after initial misgivings his father gave his support. Times, Sunday Times
  • Nevertheless a carefully designed receptionist role that would take these misgivings into account, may be worth discussing.
  • They may cite religion or culture, but the roots of their misgivings go even deeper.
  • As the old patterns die in their minds and the new ones begin to take shape, people are assailed by self-doubt and misgivings about their leaders.
  • He watched with the direst of misgivings as Cleo began slapping a path for herself through the wilderness ahead.
  • They are open to misunderstandings, misinterpretations, misgivings and mistakes.
  • A great part of the student misgivings may stem from a difference between people's preconceptions of what co-op is like and what they actually experience.
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