noun
- Uneasiness about the fitness of an action.
- Painful expectation.
- synonyms: apprehension
- Doubt about someone's honesty.
verb
- Suggest fear or doubt.
- usage: "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably"
- synonyms: misgive
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