misgive
Harbor anxious suspicions
To misgive is to fill with doubt or apprehension—said of the heart or mind rather than the person: My heart misgives me about this plan.
The construction is old-fashioned and literary.
The noun misgiving, meaning a feeling of doubt or unease, remains common: She had misgivings about the decision.
Disposition toward doubt
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
distrust · reservation · qualm · wariness · second-guessing · incredulity · disbelief · ambivalence
Advance sense of future events
- omenProphetic indicator
- portentSign of future calamity
- warningAlert about danger
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
presentiment · augury · chill · sense · feeling · dark · shadow · menace
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- disquietMental unrest or agitation
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
dread · worry · concern · fret · agitation · restlessness · tension · edginess
skepticism
Disposition toward doubt
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
suspicion · distrust · reservation · qualm · wariness · second-guessing · incredulity · disbelief · ambivalence · reluctance
premonition
Advance sense of future events
harbinger · presentiment · augury · chill · sense · feeling · dark · shadow · menace · threat
apprehension
Nervous anticipation of trouble
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- disquietMental unrest or agitation
nervousness · dread · worry · concern · fret · agitation · restlessness · tension · edginess · angst