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Synonyms for misgiving

15 synonyms
3 meanings

noun

Most common

doubt suspicion distrust mistrust qualm scruple apprehension

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Doubt — doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

doubt, suspicion, distrust, mistrust, diffidence

2. Qualm

qualm, scruple, compunction, uneasiness

3. Apprehension

apprehension, fear, feer US, fere UK, worry, anxiety, suspense, solicitude

Definitions

n. 1
Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

Forms

Plural: misgivings → doubts, suspicions, distrusts, mistrusts…

Example sentences

doubt There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
suspicion He became an object of suspicion to his neighbors.
distrust True love knows neither suspicion nor distrust.
mistrust There was a lot of mistrust between Sami and Layla.
qualm He did not have any qualm of conscience.
scruple No scruple held him back from making this attempt.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
misgiving		steady
doubt		steady
suspicion		rising
distrust		steady
mistrust		rising
qualm		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: fear¹, fere, feer
5 letters: doubt¹, worry², qualm
7 letters: anxiety⁴, scruple²
8 letters: suspense², distrust², mistrust²
9 letters: suspicion³
10 letters: uneasiness⁴, solicitude⁴, diffidence
11 letters: compunction³
12 letters: apprehension⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: état d'âme