Dictionary Entry
misgive
misgive is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give or grant amiss. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To give or grant amiss.
- 2transitive verb
Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun.
- 3transitive verb
To suspect; to dread.
- 4intransitive verb
To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute.
- 5verb
suggest fear or doubt
"Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably"
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