misgiving

• But he was filled with a curious misgiving, as though he had meddled in matters too high for him; as though he were being forced, body and bones, through some enormous wringer that was squeezing out of him something undifferentiated till now, and even now excessively nebulous and inapprehensible. —  Busman’s Honeymoon
• But his misgiving was relieved when she spoke It seems to me I have been expensive to you, monsieur," she said; "and you have certainly had nothing for your money. —  A Chair on the Boulevard
• She quickly threw herself upon his misgiving, and tried to argue it away, both in herself and him. —  The Case of Richard Meynell
• There was much in the circumstances of the case to justify doubt, misgiving, and close searchings of heart. —  The Complete Works of Whittier
• And you felt a pang of misgiving, as if, after all, he might have been right. —  Mary Olivier: a Life

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