Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 52

Mirror (n.) See Speculum.

Mirrored (imp. & p. p.) of Mirror

Mirroring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mirror

Mirror (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror.

Mirth (n.) Merriment; gayety accompanied with laughter; jollity.

Mirth (n.) That which causes merriment.

Mirthful (a.) Full of mirth or merriment; merry; as, mirthful children.

Mirthful (a.) Indicating or inspiring mirth; as, a mirthful face.

Mirthless (a.) Without mirth.

Miry (a.) Abounding with deep mud; full of mire; muddy; as, a miry road.

Mirza (n.) The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince.

Mis- () A prefix used adjectively and adverbially in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill, wrongly, unsuitably; as, misdeed, mislead, mischief, miscreant.

Mis (a. & adv.) Wrong; amiss.

Misacceptation (n.) Wrong acceptation; understanding in a wrong sense.

Misaccompt (v. t.) To account or reckon wrongly.

Misadjust (v. t.) To adjust wrongly of unsuitably; to throw of adjustment.

Misadjustment (n.) Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.

Misadventure (n.) Mischance; misfortune; ill lick; unlucky accident; ill adventure.

Misadventured (a.) Unfortunate.

Misadventurous (a.) Unfortunate.

Misadvertence (n.) Inadvertence.

Misadvice (n.) Bad advice.

Misadvise (v. t.) To give bad counsel to.

Misadvised (a.) Ill advised.

Misaffect (v. t.) To dislike.

Misaffected (a.) Ill disposed.

Misaffection (n.) An evil or wrong affection; the state of being ill affected.

Misaffirm (v. t.) To affirm incorrectly.

Misaimed (a.) Not rightly aimed.

Misallegation (n.) A erroneous statement or allegation.

Misallege (v. t.) To state erroneously.

Misalliance (n.) A marriage with a person of inferior rank or social station; an improper alliance; a mesalliance.

Misallied (a.) Wrongly allied or associated.

Misallotment (n.) A wrong allotment.

Misalter (v. t.) To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse.

Misanthrope (n.) A hater of mankind; a misanthropist.

Misanthropic (a.) Alt. of Misanthropical

Misanthropical (a.) Hating or disliking mankind.

Misanthropist (n.) A misanthrope.

Misanthropos (n.) A misanthrope.

Misanthropy (n.) Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy.

Misapplication (n.) A wrong application.

Misapplied (imp. & p. p.) of Misapply

Misapplying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misapply

Misapply (v. t.) To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.

Misappreciated (a.) Improperly appreciated.

Misapprehend (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand.

Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.

Misapprehensively (adv.) By, or with, misapprehension.

Misappropriate (v. t.) To appropriate wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose.

Misappropriation (n.) Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.

Misarranged (imp. & p. p.) of Misarrange

Misarranging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misarrange

Misarrange (v. t.) To place in a wrong order, or improper manner.

Misarrangement (n.) Wrong arrangement.

Misarcribe (v. t.) To ascribe wrongly.

Misassay (v. t.) To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully.

Misassign (v. t.) To assign wrongly.

Misattend (v. t.) To misunderstand; to disregard.

Misaventure (n.) Misadventure.

Misavize (v. t.) To misadvise.

Misbear (v. t.) To carry improperly; to carry (one's self) wrongly; to misbehave.

Misbecome (v. t.) Not to become; to suit ill; not to befit or be adapted to.

Misbecoming (a.) Unbecoming.

Misbode (imp.) of Misbede

Misboden (p. p.) of Misbede

Misbede (v. t.) To wrong; to do injury to.

Misbefitting (a.) No befitting.

Misbegot (p. a.) Alt. of Misbegotten

Misbegotten (p. a.) Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious.

Misbehaved (imp. & p. p.) of Misbehave

Misbehaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misbehave

Misbehave (v. t. & i.) To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.

Misbehaved (a.) Guilty of ill behavior; illbred; rude.

Misbehavior (n.) Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct.

Misbelief (n.) Erroneous or false belief.

Misbelieve (v. i.) To believe erroneously, or in a false religion.

Misbeliever (n.) One who believes wrongly; one who holds a false religion.

Misbeseem (v. t.) To suit ill.

Misbestow (v. t.) To bestow improperly.

Misbestowal (n.) The act of misbestowing.

Misbileve (n.) Misbelief; unbelief; suspicion.

Misbode () imp. of Misbede.

Misboden () p. p. of Misbede.

Misborn (a.) Born to misfortune.

Miscalculate (v. t. & i.) To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly.

Miscall (v. t.) To call by a wrong name; to name improperly.

Miscall (v. t.) To call by a bad name; to abuse.

Miscarriage (n.) Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination.

Miscarriage (n.) Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous.

Miscarriage (n.) The act of bringing forth before the time; premature birth.

Miscarriageable (a.) Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail.

Miscarried (imp. & p. p.) of Miscarry

Miscarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Miscarry

Miscarry (v. i.) To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

Miscarry (v. i.) To bring forth young before the proper time.

Miscast (v. t.) To cast or reckon wrongly.

Miscast (n.) An erroneous cast or reckoning.

Miscegenation (n.) A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.

Miscellanarian (a.) Of or pertaining to miscellanies.

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