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This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Meaning of "misgiving" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MISGIVING

misgiving  [mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISGIVING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Misgiving is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MISGIVING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Misgivings

"Misgivings" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series The Wire. Written by Ed Burns from a story by Ed Burns & Eric Overmyer, and directed by Ernest Dickerson, it originally aired on November 19, 2006.

Definition of misgiving in the English dictionary

The definition of misgiving in the dictionary is a feeling of uncertainty, apprehension, or doubt.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISGIVING


almsgiving
ˈɑːmzˌɡɪvɪŋ
caregiving
ˈkeəˌɡɪvɪŋ
diving
ˈdaɪvɪŋ
driving
ˈdraɪvɪŋ
energy-giving
ˈɛnədʒɪˌɡɪvɪŋ
forgiving
fəˈɡɪvɪŋ
gaingiving
ˈɡeɪnˌɡɪvɪŋ
giving
ˈɡɪvɪŋ
health-giving
ˈhelθˌɡɪvɪŋ
lawgiving
ˈlɔːˌɡɪvɪŋ
life-giving
ˈlaɪfˌɡɪvɪŋ
living
ˈlɪvɪŋ
outgiving
ˌaʊtˈɡɪvɪŋ
prize-giving
ˈpraɪzɡɪvɪŋ
saving
ˈseɪvɪŋ
shaving
ˈʃeɪvɪŋ
surviving
səˈvaɪvɪŋ
thanksgiving
ˈθæŋksˌɡɪvɪŋ
unforgiving
ˌʌnfəˈɡɪvɪŋ
ungiving
ʌnˈɡɪvɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISGIVING

misgauge
misgave
misgive
misgiven
misgo
misgotten
misgovern
misgovernance
misgovernment
misgrade
misgraft
misgrow
misgrowth
misguess
misguggle
misguidance
misguide
misguided
misguidedly
misguidedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISGIVING

assisted living
careless driving
clean-living
cost of living
deceiving
deep-sea diving
drink-driving
drunk driving
ducking and diving
dumpster diving
free-living
high living
leaving
nonliving
reckless driving
reviving
scuba diving
skydiving
standard of living
striving
thriving

Synonyms and antonyms of misgiving in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MISGIVING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «misgiving» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of misgiving

Translation of «misgiving» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISGIVING

Find out the translation of misgiving to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of misgiving from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «misgiving» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疑虑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recelo
570 millions of speakers

English

misgiving
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संदेह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ريبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предчувствие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pressentimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সন্দেহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

doute
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesia-siaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bedenken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

疑い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

염려
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Misgiving
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự đa nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சந்தேகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संशयास्पद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuşku
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perplessità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

misgiving
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передчуття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

presimțire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενδιασμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wanopvatting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

misgiving
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

misgiving
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of misgiving

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISGIVING»

The term «misgiving» is normally little used and occupies the 129.946 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISGIVING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «misgiving» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «misgiving» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about misgiving

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4 QUOTES WITH «MISGIVING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word misgiving.
1
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.
2
Joseph Barber Lightfoot
There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror of possible consequences, if you frankly accept the gift which God offers you tomorrow.
3
Woodrow Wilson
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.
4
Philip Yancey
Much of the misgiving that Muslims feel for the West stems from our strong emphasis on freedom, always a risky enterprise. I've heard some say they would rather rear their children in a closely guarded Islamic society than in the United States, where freedom so often leads to decadence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISGIVING»

Discover the use of misgiving in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to misgiving and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
... Tense Present/Gerund Perfect/Gerund Past misgive misgiving having misgiven misgiven Mode Infinitive Tense Present Perfect Present Continuous Perfect Continuous misgive to have misgiven to be misgiving to have been misgiving Mode ...
TZ-one, 2013
2
Report of and Testimony
There was a misgiving got up after I had gone. Question. What was it? Answer. It was settled when I got back. It was an error. Question. What -was it — a misgiving ? Answer. Yes, sir. That don't concern the case I was qualified on. Question.
United States. Congress Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, 1872
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Congressional Series of United States Public Documents
There was a misgiving got up after I had gone. Question. What was it ? Answer. It was settled when I got back. It was an error. Question. What was it— a misgiving ? Answer. Yes, sir. That don't concern the case I was qualified on. Question.
‎1872
4
United States Congressional serial set
There was a misgiving got up after I had gone. Question. What was it? Answer. It was settled when I got back. It was an error. Question. What was it— a misgiving ? Answer. Yes, sir. That don't concern the case I was qualified on. Question.
‎1872
5
Wordsworth, the Sense of History
It is after such preface that the Sailor then closes the overall narrative by imploring the redemption of society's misgiving: forgiveness. "Forgive me, now forgive," he asks of his dying wife (SP, p. 153). Considered in the same light, The Borderers ...
Alan Liu, 1989
6
Reports from Committees
I do not go to the length of saying more than this, that I have a misgiving on that point, and I desire to leave that question to the wisdom of those who have listened to all the evidence, and who shall have had the advantage of hearing the  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1866
7
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
tation Ant happiness: prosperity —Con felicity, bliss, blessedness, beatitude (see HAPPINESS): comfort, ease (see REST): »victory, triumph misgiving foreboding, presentiment, »apprehension Ana mistrust, distrust (see under DISTRUST vb): ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
8
Tower of the Five Orders: The Shakespeare Mysteries
Misgiving. Misgiving — Doubt, distrust, or apprehension. Colophon was exhausted. Sweat poured down her face. Cobwebs clung to every part of her body. Her feet were soaked and sore. She wanted to turn around and tell Treemont that they ...
Deron R. Hicks, 2013
9
Midsummer Night's Dream, a (MAXNotes Literature Guides)
... Pyramus is and, when told, proclaims he will have everyone crying with his portrayal of this lover who dies. To quote, "I will move storms; lwill condole in some measure." Flute's misgiving about his assignment is that he is growing a beard ...
Gail Rae, Gail Rae Rosensfit, 2013
10
Encountering Cruelty: The Fracture of the Human Heart
Hammonds. In State vs. Hammonds, Justice Denny spoke for the court and said that “a reasonable doubt, as the term is employed in the administration of criminal law, is an honest, substantial misgiving generated by the insufficiency of proof.
Michael Trice, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISGIVING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term misgiving is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Our Channel to Victory
... discover that He is there with us in distress… at this point our panic, our fear, our misgiving give way to calm and quiet confidence in His care. «mySteinbach.ca, Jul 15»
2
Airwheel A3 razor scooter electric Brings the Riders the Most …
In fact, such misgiving is groundless. First of all, Sony lithium-ion battery provides A3 with a strong power capacity, which satisfies the need of a ... «Press Release Rocket, Jul 15»
3
Japan Expresses Misgiving about Construction of Artificial Islands …
TOKYO - Tokyo has asked Beijing to halt construction of an artificial island in the East China Sea, located between its coast and some islands of Southern Japan ... «Latin American Herald Tribune, Jul 15»
4
State-sanctioned prejudice is at the heart of David Cameron's …
... been its inability to identify extremism and its causes correctly, a misgiving that can be more than partially attributed to its selective hearing. «New Statesman, Jul 15»
5
Former Labor leaders Bracks and Beattie back socialist change
“My only misgiving about the current objective is that it doesn't include any reference to the environment. It could be updated to include Labor's ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
CPI: Convincing Proof of Intelligence
But the opinion arouses a sense of misgiving if this interpretation is extended any further. Alas, CPI is always subjected to such extrapolations. «PaGaLGuY, Jul 15»
7
Five Tips To Avoid Getting Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Costa Rica
As we followed the gray pickup truck to the hotel to recover what was left of our worldly possessions, we had one last fleeting misgiving, that ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
8
Continuity and Change (2)
I argued that he should feel obliged to demonstrate sensitivity to this misgiving in his return as president. Whilst a conspiratorial nod of no ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
9
“Walking Dead” grumble thread: “Fear the Walking Dead” trailer …
My misgiving about the trailer is … the teenagers. Teenager storylines in any genre are almost always hackneyed and the acting is usually bad, ... «Hot Air, Jul 15»
10
Friends and benefits
Despite this misgiving, Nepal's relation with both China and India is cordial. The coming together of Modi and Xi Jinping to upgrade the level of ... «Kathmandu Post, Jul 15»

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