misgive
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of misgive
Vocabulary lists containing misgive
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So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts, What may befall him to his harm and ours.--SHAKESPEARE.
From The Herd Boy and His Hermit by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
So that when I heard his heavy footstep advancing along the passage my heart did misgive me, and I felt that I was trembling.
From Relics of General Chasse by Trollope, Anthony
The look on Bimal's face made my mind misgive me.
From The Home and the World by Tagore, Rabindranath
"We may both have need for the exercise ere we depart hence, or my thoughts misgive me," replied Mortimer.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John
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.
From Humorous Ghost Stories by Scarborough, Dorothy
My heart misgave; a sudden fear struck me.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
And when Amadis saw that so many good knights had been undone his heart misgave him.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis
But to-day as she sat with her eyes riveted upon his sleeping face and noted its haggard look—so thin, wan and marked with lines of suffering—her heart misgave her as never before.
From Mildred's New Daughter by Finley, Martha
His soul misgave him when he saw the king Kissing Sir Hagen, with exulting mien.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
When this man came my mind misgave, for I saw the stamp of uncharity in his face.
From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir
And yet it would have misgiven him more had he allowed himself to be entrapped by Miss Dawkins.
From An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids by Trollope, Anthony
He told me his heart had misgiven him sadly.
From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore
His heart had often misgiven him when he had thought of Caroline.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
And Sohrab, too, in his camp lauded the might of Rustem, and he said how the battle had been sore, and how his mind had misgiven him of the issue.
From Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Had the heart of the great theorist, sailing obstinately straight west in obedience to the call of the land whose presence there he had reasoned out, misgiven him at last?
From The Ifs of History by Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar
Despite their misgiving, both Lancaster and Wilson publicly urged their colleagues to ratify the tentative agreement, saying that rejecting it wouldn’t lead to better outcomes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
And it was my primary misgiving about the entire project, right?
From Salon ● May 29, 2022
“This is exactly what they wanted, which is my biggest misgiving about leaving,” Ms. Levin said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2017
Not long after, Bollard wrote a follow-up report on that funding, and he expressed one misgiving.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2016
“I should like to be,” said I, glancing at the slate as he held it; with a misgiving that the writing was rather hilly.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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