misgive
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of misgive
Vocabulary lists containing misgive
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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 Samuel Richardson
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 Anthony Trollope
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 The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving
He searched the air like Nisus the forest in his quest of Euryalus, and his mind began to misgive him.
From Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air by Louise Morgan Sill
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 A. D. (Augustine David) Crake
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
For at the sound of her brother’s voice, Miss Jean’s heart misgave her.
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
Mick's mind instantly misgave him that all was not right, so he stood out in the very middle of the road, and caught hold of Dan's bridle when he came up.
From Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by T. Crofton Crocker
Oh, my heart misgave me when he used so many vows and protestations last night that he would not have Pharold put in danger for the world.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
For a space of several beats her heart misgave her....
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance
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 Berthold Auerbach
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 Hamilton Wright Mabie
His heart had often misgiven him when he had thought of Caroline.
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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 Joseph Edgar Chamberlin
Perhaps, for all he knew, it had misgiven her often, but she did not say so now.
From What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall
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
Her biggest misgiving is the hoodie-wearing persona that might appeal to the working class.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
And it was my primary misgiving about the entire project, right?
From Salon ● May 29, 2022
He seems to have understood everything from varieties of sword to species of misgiving.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
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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