▪ I. misˈdoubting, vbl. n.
[mis-1 3.]
= misdoubt n.
| 1571 Golding Calvin on Ps. lxviii. 18 Our nature is forward to misdoubting. 1606 G. W[oodcocke] Hist. Ivstine i. 5 This man..casting about..to found out the depth of this their misdoubting. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers xi, The misdoubtings of our arrogant nature. 1877 Lady Wood Sheen's Foreman I. 264 She..had a little misdoubting of the success of an evening's entertainment. |
▪ II. misˈdoubting, ppl. a.
[mis1 2.]
Distrustful, suspicious.
| 1652 Eliza's Babes 75, I must now ask thee pardon for those misdoubting thoughts. 1814 Byron Corsair iii. viii, Mis⁓doubting Corsair! 1868 Holme Lee B. Godfrey xvi, Mis⁓doubting vagabond that you are. |