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See definition of misgive on Dictionary.com
  • as indoubt
  • as inmisdoubt

synonyms for misgive

  • distrust
  • hesitate
  • impugn
  • suspect
  • challenge
  • demur
  • disbelieve
  • discredit
  • dispute
  • fear
  • fluctuate
  • imagine
  • insinuate
  • mistrust
  • query
  • scruple
  • surmise
  • vacillate
  • waver
  • be apprehensive of
  • be curious
  • be dubious
  • be in a quandary
  • be puzzled
  • be uncertain
  • be undetermined
  • call in question
  • give no credence
  • harbor suspicion
  • have qualms
  • misdoubt
  • not buy
  • read differently
  • shilly-shally
  • skepticize
  • smell a rat
  • take dim view of
  • wonder at
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antonyms for misgive

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  • trust
  • agree
  • answer
  • believe
  • go along
  • remain
  • stay
  • rely
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    How to use misgive in a sentence

    He seems to have understood everything from varieties of sword to species of misgiving.
    SHAKESPEARE STILL MATTERS. A NEW BOOK REMINDS US WHY.MICHAEL SIMSSEPTEMBER 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST
    It was rather discouraging, wearisome work, and Billy's heart began to misgive him as one after another refused his request.
    THE ENGLISH ORPHANSMARY JANE HOLMES
    He searched the air like Nisus the forest in his quest of Euryalus, and his mind began to misgive him.
    GEORGES GUYNEMERHENRY BORDEAUX
    I misgive me he'll come in for a wetting if he doesn't tie wings to his heels.
    BARBARA LYNNEMILY J. JENKINSON
    Love is a matter of give and take—marriage, a matter of misgive and mistake.
    A GUIDE TO MENHELEN ROWLAND
    "We may both have need for the exercise ere we depart hence, or my thoughts misgive me," replied Mortimer.
    TRADITIONS OF LANCASHIRE, VOLUME 2 (OF 2)JOHN ROBY
    His mind began to misgive him about the sister—perhaps she would prove a dragon, in the way?
    THE QUAINT COMPANIONSLEONARD MERRICK
    So that when I heard his heavy footstep advancing along the passage my heart did misgive me, and I felt that I was trembling.
    RELICS OF GENERAL CHASSEANTHONY TROLLOPE
    As my time drew nearer, and there got to be talk of my having a new coat for the ceremony, my mind began to misgive me.
    THE MOONSTONEWILKIE COLLINS
    Dreadfully did my heart then misgive me: I was ready to faint.
    CLARISSA, VOLUME 6 (OF 9)SAMUEL RICHARDSON
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