Misgive

Word MISGIVE
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Hyphenation mis give
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Definitions and meanings of "Misgive"

What do we mean by misgive?

To arouse suspicion or apprehension in. transitive verb

To give or grant amiss.

To give doubt or apprehension to; make apprehensive; cause to hesitate: used of the mind, heart, conscience, etc., with a pronoun for object, or with the object unexpressed.

To give way to doubt; be apprehensive; hesitate.

To give way; break down.

To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute. intransitive verb

To give or grant amiss. transitive verb

Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. transitive verb

To suspect; to dread. transitive verb

To give fear or doubt to verb

Suggest fear or doubt verb

(of the mind, heart, etc.) To give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute.

To suspect; to dread.

To give wrongly; to give or grant amiss.

Feelings of doubt or uncertainty Urban Dictionary

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The word "misgive" in example sentences

My heart began then to misgive me a little, and I was very much fatigued; for I had no sleep for several nights before, to signify; and at last I said, Pray Mr. Robert, there is a town before us, what do you call it? — ❋ Unknown (2006)

Dreadfully did my heart then misgive me: I was ready to faint. ❋ Unknown (2006)

So that when I heard his heavy footstep advancing along the passage my heart did misgive me, and I felt that I was trembling. ❋ Unknown (2004)

As my time drew nearer, and there got to be talk of my having a new coat for the ceremony, my mind began to misgive me. ❋ Unknown (2003)

That it was of such importance he should go and return ere the rainy season commenced, he could not even afford a day, and that he knew, however cheerful I might talk about the matter, my heart would misgive me, when the time came for him to leave, I might not probably grant him permission to go, when it was of the most vital importance he should. ❋ Julia De Winton (N/A)

"Lady Maude advised me in it, and I cannot say I repent it now, though my heart does misgive ever and again," he replied. ❋ William E. Doubleday (N/A)

The meaning of your argument I take to be this: that by the unaccountable success of the enterprize and the tame submission of the people in general, if the scheme misgive all Scotland becomes involved in the guilt, and may expect the outmost severitys this ❋ Mrs. Thomson (N/A)

The prospect of the situation of the country for some time to come, must affect every well-wisher to it, and the consequences to this part, if the undertaking shall misgive, appear to me terrible; if it succeed, what have we to fear? ❋ Mrs. Thomson (N/A)

"My mind doth misgive me that you are right," said Philip. ❋ John Turvill Adams (N/A)

I was not prepared for quite so much dispatch, and felt my heart misgive me, as if it were hovering between heaven and earth; but ❋ James Morier (N/A)

He used to interdooce 'em smooth ez ile athout sayin 'nothin' in pertickler an 'I misdoubt he didn't set so much by the sec'nd Ceres as wut he done by the Fust, fact, he let on onct thet his mine misgive him of a sort of fallin' off in spots. ❋ Various (N/A)

He searched the air like Nisus the forest in his quest of Euryalus, and his mind began to misgive him. ❋ Bordeaux, Henry, 1870- (1918)

His mind now began to misgive him; he doubted whether both he and the world around him were not bewitched. ❋ Unknown (1907)

There was something in this reply, and the tone in which it was uttered, that made the baron's heart misgive him; but he rallied his forces and repeated his hospitable entreaties. ❋ Dorothy Scarborough (1906)

Giving with one hand freely, did your soul not misgive you when you took away with the other? ❋ Gilbert Parker (1897)

"Lassie, lassie! it's no for me to condemn ye, nor maybe for the dead either, for he was whiles a hard father to you, but I wonder your own woman's heart didn't misgive ye." ❋ Lily Dougall (1890)

She slept a deep, peaceful sleep after that, nor did her mind misgive her when she awoke again, to find that those threatening clouds had taken possession of the sky, and were drenching the world with rain. ❋ Anna Fuller (1884)

His [lies] [began] to [give her] misgivings about their relationship ❋ Kkatie12 (2013)

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