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anxietude, anxiety, anxious concern, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, concern, critical attitude, disquiet, distrust, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, fear, fearfulness, forbodement, foreboding, gaingiving, hesitation, inquietude, lack of certainty, lack of confidence, metus timor, mistrust, mistrustfulness, nervousness, objection, perturbation, praesagium, prediction of misfortune, premonition, presage, presentiment, qualm, reluctance, reservation, reserve, skepticalness, skepticism, sollicitudo, trepidation, uncertainty, uneasiness
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apprehension (fear), cloud (suspicion), disturbance, doubt (indecision), doubt (suspicion), expectation, fear, fright, incertitude, premonition, qualm, reluctance, scruple, stress (strain), suspicion (mistrust)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
См. также в других словарях:
misgiving — misgiving; un·misgiving; … English syllables
misgiving — mis*giv ing, n. Evil premonition; doubt; distrust; a feeling of apprehension; used commonly in the plural. Suspicious and misgivings. South. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misgiving — (n.) c.1600, feeling of mistrust or sudden apprehension, from misgive cause to feel doubt (1510s), usually said of one s heart or mind, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + GIVE (Cf. give) in its Middle English sense of suggest. Related: Misgivings … Etymology dictionary
misgiving — foreboding, presentiment, *apprehension Analogous words: mistrust, distrust (see under DISTRUST vb): suspicion, doubt, skepticism, *uncertainty: *fear, alarm, dread, fright … New Dictionary of Synonyms
misgiving — [n] uncertainty anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, distrust, doubt, fear, foreboding, hesitation, mistrust, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment, qualm, reservation, scruple, suspicion, unbelief, unease, worry; concepts 21,689,690… … New thesaurus
misgiving — [mis΄giv′iŋ] n. [see MISGIVE] a disturbed feeling of fear, doubt, apprehension, etc.usually used in pl. SYN. QUALM … English World dictionary
misgiving — UK [ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ] / US [mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ] noun [countable/uncountable, often plural] Word forms misgiving : singular misgiving plural misgivings a feeling of fear or doubt about whether something is right or will have a good result Chris eyed him with… … English dictionary
misgiving — mis|giv|ing [mısˈgıvıŋ] n [U and C] a feeling of doubt or fear about what might happen or about whether something is right misgiving about ▪ Despite her misgivings about leaving the baby, she decided to accompany her husband. grave/serious/deep… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Misgiving — Misgive Mis*give , v. t. [imp. {Misgave}; p. p. {Misgiven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Misgiving}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To give or grant amiss. [Obs.] Laud. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
misgiving — mis|giv|ing [ mıs gıvıŋ ] noun count or uncount often plural a feeling of fear or doubt about whether something is right or will have a good result: Chris eyed him with misgiving. have/express (your) misgivings (about): Richard expressed… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
