Misgiving
noun
A feeling of doubt or worry about a future event.
She had misgivings about the plan.
Often appears as...
- serious misgivings
- have misgivings
noun
A feeling of doubt or worry about a future event.
She had misgivings about the plan.
Often appears as...
- serious misgivings
- have misgivings
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Future Concern
Use 'misgiving' when you're unsure or worried about something that hasn't happened yet.
I have misgivings about the weather during our camping trip next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Varies
'Misgiving' can range from a slight doubt to a strong feeling of dread about a situation.
Despite minor misgivings, he accepted the job offer.
Pro Tip 3/3Internal Feeling
'Misgiving' refers to internal doubts, not external criticisms or objections.
She voiced her misgivings but agreed to the plan internally.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Concern
Use 'misgiving' when you're unsure or worried about something that hasn't happened yet.
I have misgivings about the weather during our camping trip next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Varies
'Misgiving' can range from a slight doubt to a strong feeling of dread about a situation.
Despite minor misgivings, he accepted the job offer.
Pro Tip 3/3Internal Feeling
'Misgiving' refers to internal doubts, not external criticisms or objections.
She voiced her misgivings but agreed to the plan internally.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Concern
Use 'misgiving' when you're unsure or worried about something that hasn't happened yet.
I have misgivings about the weather during our camping trip next week.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Varies
'Misgiving' can range from a slight doubt to a strong feeling of dread about a situation.
Despite minor misgivings, he accepted the job offer.
Pro Tip 3/3Internal Feeling
'Misgiving' refers to internal doubts, not external criticisms or objections.
She voiced her misgivings but agreed to the plan internally.
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The secret student...
Their parents Robert and Magdalena, who had feared they were losing their children to Nazi ideology, encouraged these misgivings. At home, Robert and Magdalena listened to foreign radio stations that the government first discouraged and later banned.
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Jeff Skoll: Making...
I had some misgivings. But I found that there were some advantages to being in Hollywood. And, in fact, some advantages to owning your own media company. And I also found that Hollywood and Silicon Valley
Video examples
The secret student...
Their parents Robert and Magdalena, who had feared they were losing their children to Nazi ideology, encouraged these misgivings. At home, Robert and Magdalena listened to foreign radio stations that the government first discouraged and later banned.
Video examples
Jeff Skoll: Making...
I had some misgivings. But I found that there were some advantages to being in Hollywood. And, in fact, some advantages to owning your own media company. And I also found that Hollywood and Silicon Valley
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Quote examples
Jonathan Evison
American Writer
I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and thoughts and yearnings and hurts and misgivings and pleasures that don't belong to me.
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Dave Obey
American Politician
If you want quality service, you have to pay for it. You don't buy into waste. I have great misgivings about the amount of advertising that we see in the health care field, some by hospitals, a lot by drug companies.
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Alfonso Cuaron
Mexican Director
I have my misgivings about 3-D. I don't like the lack of blacks and whites, how it dulls the image, how the color gets corrupted. I don't necessarily like the experience of having heavy glasses in front of me.
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Billy Joel
American Musician
Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.
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Woodrow Wilson
American President
At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
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Indira Gandhi
Indian Statesman
There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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Ron Fournier
American Journalist
If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.
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Pat Robertson
American Clergyman
I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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Bill Budge
American Businessman
Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.
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Victor J. Glover
I have no misgivings about using a flight computer.
Quote examples
Jonathan Evison
American Writer
I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and thoughts and yearnings and hurts and misgivings and pleasures that don't belong to me.
Quote examples
Dave Obey
American Politician
If you want quality service, you have to pay for it. You don't buy into waste. I have great misgivings about the amount of advertising that we see in the health care field, some by hospitals, a lot by drug companies.
Quote examples
Alfonso Cuaron
Mexican Director
I have my misgivings about 3-D. I don't like the lack of blacks and whites, how it dulls the image, how the color gets corrupted. I don't necessarily like the experience of having heavy glasses in front of me.
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Billy Joel
American Musician
Those who have expressed doubts and misgivings about their ability to live this kind of life shouldn't try, because being a musician is not something you chose to be, it is something you are.
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Woodrow Wilson
American President
At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
Quote examples
Indira Gandhi
Indian Statesman
There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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Ron Fournier
American Journalist
If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.
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Pat Robertson
American Clergyman
I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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Bill Budge
American Businessman
Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.
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Victor J. Glover
I have no misgivings about using a flight computer.
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