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as in doubt
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
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as in qualm
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
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as in dread
suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune
overcome by a sudden misgiving upon seeing the creepy old mansion
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as in troublesome
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Recent Examples of misgiving
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Perhaps the wild news cycle provided enough public distraction to cover for senators who are eager to please the President by supporting his selections, no matter their own private misgivings.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
Gould says his misgivings weren’t helped by AMC’s initial response to the script for the 2009 episode.
—John Russell, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Looking back over her career, Ms. Montgomery at times expressed misgivings over the extent to which her decade as a duet singer overshadowed her work as a solo artist.
—Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Any gaps in vaccine research will delay development of the therapeutics, for no reason other than RFK Jr.’s false misgivings.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Perhaps the wild news cycle provided enough public distraction to cover for senators who are eager to please the President by supporting his selections, no matter their own private misgivings.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
Gould says his misgivings weren’t helped by AMC’s initial response to the script for the 2009 episode.
—John Russell, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Looking back over her career, Ms. Montgomery at times expressed misgivings over the extent to which her decade as a duet singer overshadowed her work as a solo artist.
—Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misgiving
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There is no doubt that Russia has vast troves of oil and natural gas, but an effort to lure American or other Western energy companies to undertake Russian projects is likely to encounter skepticism, not least because of the companies' recent history in Russia.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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An initial eight: There was little doubt about Spoelstra playing this one for keeps.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2025
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Many Republicans have now expressed their qualms about cutting the program too deeply amid significant backlash, and a key committee chairman said this week that one leading policy idea — per capita caps — is moving toward the back burner.—
Caitlin Owens,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Despite his qualms, Trump was unable to counter the concerted drive by public-health officials to impose social restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as closing the schools—surely one of the most glaring exercises in untrammeled bureaucratic power in this country’s history.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Filming their every outspoken thought and conversation whether in the newsroom, at home, on the street or in cars driving around frigid Moscow, the director channels the growing sense of dread as the government crackdown accelerates and the war nears.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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Read More: Scientists Debate Why Childbirth is So Brutal Epidural Risks and Research Unfortunately, myths and out-of-date information continue to inspire fear and dread of the procedure.—
Stephen C. George,
Discover Magazine,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The instruments aboard Firefly's lander include a subsurface drill, an X-ray imager, and an experimental electrodynamic dust shield to test methods of repelling troublesome lunar dust from accumulating on sensitive spacecraft components.—
Kristin Shaw,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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What’s new in season eight is the show’s shift toward depicting phones as active and troublesome disrupters of a relationship that might have otherwise been perfectly fine.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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Your company will likely immediately see tangible efficiency and productivity improvements, and successful AI use will alleviate employee skepticism.—
Hunter Steele,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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For example, the Philadelphia Inquirer is tackling reader skepticism of media motivations by leaning into their not-for-profit ownership as a contrast to their competitors.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Multiple speakers were also allowed to accuse Israel of carrying out a genocide, also with no objection from Lauber.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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His nomination to become the nation’s 26th Health and Human Services Secretary was met with considerable objection from the medical community.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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What the public worries about is clarity from their politicians.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Another major worry for those who’ve been able to live in their homes is all the trash.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But a recent arrest outside a church in suburban Atlanta was cited in last week’s lawsuit as a foreboding example of what many congregations fear.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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The music is eerier, and the environment seems more foreboding.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Misgiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misgiving. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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