Word of the Day:
misgiving
What It Means
Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
Misgiving in Context
“In the night, or the gloomy chambers of the day, fears and misgivings wax strong, but out in the sunlight there is, for a time, cessation even of the terror of death.”
Did You Know?
From misgive, from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, given”). Compare given and what gives.
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