MISGIVE (misgave, misgiven)

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Irregular inflected forms: misgave    , misgiven   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does misgive mean? 

• MISGIVE (verb)
  The verb MISGIVE has 1 sense:

1. suggest fear or doubt

  Familiarity information: MISGIVE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISGIVE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suggest fear or doubt

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably

Hypernyms (to "misgive" is one way to...):

vex; worry (disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

misgiving (painful expectation)

misgiving (uneasiness about the fitness of an action)

 Context examples 

I should have leaped out and run for it if I had found the strength, but my limbs and heart alike misgave me.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When I allowed him to go on a little before, on account of the narrowness of the way, I observed that he carried his head with a lofty air that was particularly unpromising; and my mind misgave me that he had found out about my darling Dora.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Will not your mind misgive you when you find yourself in this gloomy chamber—too lofty and extensive for you, with only the feeble rays of a single lamp to take in its size—its walls hung with tapestry exhibiting figures as large as life, and the bed, of dark green stuff or purple velvet, presenting even a funereal appearance?

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)