misgiving | Definition of misgiving

Synonyms and Antonyms of misgiving

1 a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something

I had misgivings about the alleged victim's story, but I was afraid to speak up

Synonyms of misgiving

distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, dubitation [archaic], incertitude, misdoubt, mistrust, mistrustfulness, query, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty

Words Related to misgiving

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

anxiety, concern, paranoia, wariness

compunction, niggle [chiefly British], qualm, scruple, tremor

Near Antonyms of misgiving

credence, faith

Antonyms of misgiving

assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety, trust

2 an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do

he was filled with misgivings about committing himself to such a huge loan

Synonyms of misgiving

compunction, qualm, scruple

Words Related to misgiving

distrust, doubt, dubiety, incertitude, misdoubt, mistrust, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty

qualmishness, unease, uneasiness

reluctance, unwillingness

demur, fuss, objection, protest, question, remonstrance

aversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness

guilt, regret, remorse, self-reproach, shame

contrition, penitence, repentance

Near Antonyms of misgiving

aplomb, assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness

3 suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune

overcome by a sudden misgiving upon seeing the creepy old mansion

Synonyms of misgiving

alarm (also alarum), apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread, foreboding

Words Related to misgiving

agitation, anxiety, anxiousness, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fearfulness, funk, perturbation, solicitude, suspense, unease, uneasiness

doubt, incertitude, mistrust, suspiciousness, uncertainty, wariness

defeatism, pessimism

foreknowledge, premonition, presage, presentiment

Near Antonyms of misgiving

anticipation, excitement, hope, hopefulness

confidence, optimism, sanguinity