misgive
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of misgive
Vocabulary lists containing misgive
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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
The look on Bimal's face made my mind misgive me.
From The Home and the World by Tagore, Rabindranath
My mind always seems to misgive me when I think of him; and I have so strong a foreboding that he has received my last blessing, that I cannot overcome it.
From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
Dreadfully did my heart then misgive me: I was ready to faint.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Richardson, Samuel
It was probably an unspoken sense of this fact which caused the early Tuscan poets to misgive their own powers and to turn wistfully and shyly towards the poets of Provence and of Sicily.
From Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II by Lee, Vernon
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
When he reached the road, the riders were out of sight; but his heart misgave him at this sign of unusual bustle.
From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John
My heart misgave me when I got under the shade.
From Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by Crocker, T. Crofton
He said he'd come again—he went—and my heart misgave me.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Her mind misgave her lest Theodore, who, as she knew, detested Owen Rivers, should strongly set his face against receiving him; and she wrote her letter to her stepson in considerable trepidation.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
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
His mind had misgiven him all the while that things were not right with Lenz, but he had reasoned away his fears and been merry with his godson.
From Edelweiss A Story by Auerbach, Berthold
He told me his heart had misgiven him sadly.
From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore
Clement’s mind had always misgiven him that, if he pushed Henry too far, mischief would befall him.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.
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
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
The man, identified as Juror 20, was seated on the jury despite one misgiving: He was supposed to get married on May 1 in Florida, when deliberations could still be taking place.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
Not long after, Bollard wrote a follow-up report on that funding, and he expressed one misgiving.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2016
Milo nodded with spurious vim to indicate he still understood and then sat silent, ruminating gravely with troubled misgiving.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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