Meaning of Misgiving | Babel Free
mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋDefinitions
doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
Equivalents
Čeština
obava
Suomi
epäilys
Français
état d'âme
Gaeilge
drochamhras
Gàidhlig
teagamh
日本語
うれい
മലയാളം
ആശങ്ക
Nederlands
twijfel
Svenska
farhåga
Examples
“He could think⟳ of her being there, without a lurking misgiving that it would have⟳ been better if she had not come⟳.”
“In the night, or the gloomy chambers of the day, fears and misgivings wax strong, but out in the sunlight there is, for a time, cessation even of the terror of death.”
“Having got its Act, the M.B.M. & M.J.R. apparently had misgivings about the route, in view⟳ of the very heavy engineering works that would be necessary, and on November 9, 1846, the company gave notice⟳ of a further bill for a deviated line, which was passed into law on July 22, 1847.”
“Zoe was so starving she had stolen a bag of her stepmother’s dreaded prawn cocktail crisps for her dinner. The rat must have⟳ been able to smell⟳ them on her fingers, and despite Zoe’s grave misgivings about the snack, which bore no relation to prawns or indeed cocktails, the rat didn’t seem to mind⟳.”
“The history of cast⟳ iron⟳ in railway bridges is much more grimly chequered. Brunel's misgivings were proved prudent, tragically, in the 1879 failure of Thomas Bouch's Tay bridge (once a monument to cast⟳ iron⟳, now a memorial to many lives lost).”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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