misgive
/mɪsˈɡɪv
/verb (past misgave /mɪsˈɡeɪv/; past participle misgiven /mɪsˈɡɪv(ə)n/) [with object] literary
(Of a person’s mind or heart) fill (that person) with doubt, apprehension, or foreboding: my heart misgave me when I saw him...
- In truth, my heart misgives me, for I believe this incident has enlightened our enemy, and I think that he expected to be so enlightened.
- Yet far from welcoming an effort to provide Europe with a nascent expeditionary capability, he may misgive it.
- My very heart and soul misgave me - misgave me for home, and family, and country, and future.
