"misgiving" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misgiving.wav Forms: misgivings [plural]
Etymology: From misgive, from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, given”). Compare given and what gives. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|give}} mis- + give, {{inh|en|enm|give||suggest, given}} Middle English give (“suggest, given”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} misgiving (plural misgivings)
  1. doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread Synonyms: doubt, apprehension Translations (Doubts, concerns): ἐνθυμία (enthumía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), опасение (opasenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), twijfel [masculine] (Dutch), epäilys (Finnish), état d’âme [masculine] (French), Zweifel (German), drochamhras [masculine] (Irish), ആശങ്ക (āśaṅka) (Malayalam), mānukanuka (Maori), pekerau (Maori), raupeka (Maori), potau (Maori), Bedenkjen [neuter] (Plautdietsch), preocupações (Portuguese), dúvidas (Portuguese), опасение (opasenije) [neuter] (Russian), дурное предчувствие (durnoje predčuvstvije) [neuter] (Russian), recelo [masculine] (Spanish), duda [feminine] (Spanish), побоювання (pobojuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), передчуття (peredčuttja) (alt: погане) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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