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# misgiving

«misgiving» in Mova's school dictionary: **a worry or doubt that something will go wrong, or that a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (misgivings)

### meaning for a pupil

A misgiving is a worry or doubt that something will go wrong, or that a plan is not a good idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misgiving/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a character's feeling of unease before a risky step; in tales it often warns the reader that trouble is coming

### examples

- She had misgivings about the dark forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misgiving/#x1)
- He felt some misgiving as the boat left the shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misgiving/#x2)
- I have no misgivings about the trip; it will be fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misgiving/#x3)
- Her misgivings grew when the road turned to mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misgiving/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misgiving» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misgiving/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.