misgiving
Feeling of doubt
A misgiving is a feeling of doubt or apprehension about a future action or decision.
Unlike outright opposition, misgivings suggest unease rather than certainty: She had misgivings about the plan but went along with it.
Usually plural: Despite his misgivings, he signed the contract.
State of being unsure
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
qualm · questioning · incredulity · disbelief · wariness · cynicism · ambivalence · second-guessing
Mild persistent worry
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- concernTroubled interest in something
- worryTroubled mental state
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
anxiety · disquiet · foreboding · dread · fear · alarm · perturbation · consternation
Disinclination to act
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- indecisionFailure to decide
- vacillationInability to choose
tentativeness · faltering · reticence · equivocation · dithering · reservedness · scruples · qualms
Fearful anticipation of harm
- presentimentVague sense of future events
- portentSign of future calamity
- omenProphetic indicator
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
hunch · warning · foreshadowing · inkling · suspicion
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
reservation · qualm · questioning · incredulity · disbelief · wariness · cynicism · ambivalence · second-guessing · mistrust
unease
Mild persistent worry
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- concernTroubled interest in something
- worryTroubled mental state
nervousness · anxiety · disquiet · foreboding · dread · fear · alarm · perturbation · consternation · angst
reluctance
Disinclination to act
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- indecisionFailure to decide
vacillation · tentativeness · faltering · reticence · equivocation · dithering · reservedness · scruples · qualms · demur
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- presentimentVague sense of future events
- portentSign of future calamity
- omenProphetic indicator
intuition · hunch · warning · foreshadowing · inkling · suspicion
- skepticismdoubt, skeptic, doubts, debunker, doubtful
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- uncertaintyuncertainty, uncertain, unknown, unsure, unclear
- distrustmistrust, suspicion, doubt, wariness, skepticism
- suspiciondistrust, suspicion, mistrust, suspiciousness, doubt
- worriesworry, concern, fear, anxiety, apprehension
misgivingcertainty
Total absence of doubt
conviction · confidence · certitude · sureness · assurance
misgivingoptimism
Tendency to expect good
hope · hopefulness · eagerness · confidence · anticipation