misgiving
mis-GIV-ingnounMeaning a feeling of doubt or worry about whether something will turn out well
Memory hook MIS-GIVING: GIVING, with doubts. Marcus holds out the car keys to Jonah for his first drive alone, but his hand hesitates: he has a misgiving about giving them.
Despite her misgivings, Ada let her son ride the giant roller coaster.
In context The plan looked fine on paper, yet Omar had misgivings: the bridge was old, the river was high and the map was twenty years out of date.
Similar doubt, qualm, reservation, apprehension
Opposite confidence, certainty, trust
From the old verb misgive, as in “my heart misgives me”: to fill with doubt.