What part of speech is misgiving?

Misgiving can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. misgiving is a verb, gerund of misgive (infinitive).
  • 2. misgiving is a noun, singular of misgivings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does misgiving mean?

Definitions

Verb

misgive - suggest fear or doubt; "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably"

Noun

misgiving - doubt about someone's honesty
misgiving - uneasiness about the fitness of an action
misgiving - painful expectation

Examples of misgiving

#   Sentence  
1. noun Happy days of childish credulity, when fact and fiction were swallowed alike without a misgiving!
2. noun Tom's misgiving has come true.
Sentence  
noun
Happy days of childish credulity, when fact and fiction were swallowed alike without a misgiving!
Tom's misgiving has come true.

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