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Definition: Misgive |
MisgiveVerb1. Suggest fear or doubt: "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "misgive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
Crosswords: Misgive |
| English words defined with "misgive": Misgave, Misgiven. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
misgive | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "misgive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | krijoj ndruajtje, krijoj mosbesim. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | предчувствувам нещастие, правя засечка (misfire, miss fire). (various references) | |
Czech | pochybovat (doubt, impugn, question), obávat se (be afraid, fear, worry). (various references) | |
Greek | εμπνέω υποψίασ, εμπνέω φόβουσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל"טיל ספק (doubt, misbelieve, question, suspect). (various references) | |
Hungarian | félelmet ébreszt. (various references) | |
Italian | fare sorgere un dubbio, fare sorgere timore. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isgivemay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | inspirar receios, causar apreensões. (various references) | |
Romanian | umple de presimţiri, umple de bãnuieli, avea presimţiri, a-i fi fricã (fear). (various references) | |
Russian | внушать недоверие, дать осечку (hang fire, misfire). (various references) | |
Scottish | diùlt (refuse). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | slutiti (bode, presage, suspect, take a notion). (various references) | |
Spanish | hacer recelar. (various references) | |
Swedish | inge farhågor. (various references) | |
Turkish | kuşkulandırmak, şüpheye düşürmek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | навіювати побоювання, передчувати зле. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "misgive": misgiven, misgives. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "misgive" (pronounced mi'sgi"v) |
| 3 | -g i" v | forgive, give. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-i-m-s-v" | |
-2 letters: gives, ivies. | |
-3 letters: egis, gems, gies, give, megs, migs, mise, semi, vies, vigs, vims, vise. | |
-4 letters: ems, gem, gie, ism, meg, mig, mis, seg, sei, sim, veg, vie, vig, vim, vis. | |
-5 letters: em, es, is, me, mi, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-i-m-s-v" | |
+1 letter: misgiven, misgives. | |
+2 letters: vestigium, vigesimal. | |
+3 letters: negativism, timesaving. | |
+4 letters: misaverring, misbehaving, moviegoings, negativisms, timeserving. | |
+5 letters: gravimetries, megavitamins, misbelieving, misgoverning, moviemakings, timeservings, vaginismuses. | |
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