misgivingnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/us/ˌmɪsˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/a feeling of doubt or worry about a future event:
Many teachers expressed serious misgivings about the new tests.
My only misgiving is that we might not have enough time to do the job well.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suspecting & questioning
- call
- call into question idiom
- cynic
- cynical
- dispute
- doubter
- doubting Thomas
- I'd like to see... idiom
- if
- niggle
- query
- question
- reservation
- sceptical
- skeptic
- skeptical
- smell
- smell a rat idiom
- suspect
- suspiciously
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