Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 54

Misdemean (v. t.) To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.

Misdemeanant (n.) One guilty of a misdemeanor.

Misdemeanor (n.) Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault.

Misdemeanor (n.) A crime less than a felony.

Misdempt () p. p. of Misdeem.

Misdepart (v. t.) To distribute wrongly.

Misderive (v. t.) To turn or divert improperly; to misdirect.

Misderive (v. t.) To derive erroneously.

Misdescribe (v. t.) To describe wrongly.

Misdesert (n.) Ill desert.

Misdevotion (n.) Mistaken devotion.

Misdiet (n.) Improper.

Misdiet (v. t.) To diet improperly.

Misdight (a.) Arrayed, prepared, or furnished, unsuitably.

Misdirect (v. t.) To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.

Misdirection (n.) The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.

Misdirection (n.) An error of a judge in charging the jury on a matter of law.

Misdisposition (n.) Erroneous disposal or application.

Misdistinguish (v. t.) To make wrong distinctions in or concerning.

Misdivide (v. t.) To divide wrongly.

Misdivision (n.) Wrong division.

Misdid (imp.) of Misdo

Misdone (p. p.) of Misdo

Misdoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misdo

Misdo (v.) To do wrongly.

Misdo (v.) To do wrong to; to illtreat.

Misdo (v. i.) To do wrong; to commit a fault.

Misdoer (n.) A wrongdoer.

Misdoing (n.) A wrong done; a fault or crime; an offense; as, it was my misdoing.

Misdoubt (v. t. & i.) To be suspicious of; to have suspicion.

Misdoubt (n.) Suspicion.

Misdoubt (n.) Irresolution; hesitation.

Misdoubtful (a) Misgiving; hesitating.

Misdread (n.) Dread of evil.

Mise (n.) The issue in a writ of right.

Mise (n.) Expense; cost; disbursement.

Mise (n.) A tax or tallage; in Wales, an honorary gift of the people to a new king or prince of Wales; also, a tribute paid, in the country palatine of Chester, England, at the change of the owner of the earldom.

Misease (n.) Want of ease; discomfort; misery.

Miseased (a.) Having discomfort or misery; troubled.

Miseasy (a.) Not easy; painful.

Misedition (n.) An incorrect or spurious edition.

Miseducate (v. t.) To educate in a wrong manner.

Misemploy (v. t.) To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc.

Misemployment (n.) Wrong or mistaken employment.

Misenter (v. t.) To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account.

Misentreat (v. t.) To treat wrongfully.

Misentry (n.) An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.

Miser (n.) A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune.

Miser (n.) A despicable person; a wretch.

Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard.

Miser (n.) A kind of large earth auger.

Miserable (a.) Very unhappy; wretched.

Miserable (a.) Causing unhappiness or misery.

Miserable (a.) Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.

Miserable (a.) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.

Miserable (n.) A miserable person.

Miserableness (n.) The state or quality of being miserable.

Miserably (adv.) In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.

Miseration (n.) Commiseration.

Miserere (n.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere.

Miserere (n.) A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm.

Miserere (n.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia.

Miserere (n.) Same as Ileus.

Misericorde (n.) Compassion; pity; mercy.

Misericorde (n.) Same as Misericordia, 2.

Misericordia (n.) An amercement.

Misericordia (n.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.

Misericordia (n.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.

Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.

Miseries (pl. ) of Misery

Misery (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

Misery (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.

Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.

Misesteem (n.) Want of esteem; disrespect.

Misestimate (v. t.) To estimate erroneously.

Misexplanation (n.) An erroneous explanation.

Misexplication (n.) Wrong explication.

Misexposition (n.) Wrong exposition.

Misexpound (v. t.) To expound erroneously.

Misexpression (n.) Wrong expression.

Misfaith (n.) Want of faith; distrust.

Misfell (imp.) of Misfall

Misfallen (p. p.) of Misfall

Misfalling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misfall

Misfall (v. t.) To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily.

Misfare (v. i.) To fare ill.

Misfare (n.) Misfortune.

Misfashion (v. t.) To form wrongly.

Misfeasance (n.) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do.

Misfeature (n.) Ill feature.

Misfeeling (a.) Insensate.

Misfeign (v. i.) To feign with an evil design.

Misfit (n.) The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit.

Misfit (n.) Something that fits badly, as a garment.

Misformed (imp. & p. p.) of Misform

Misforming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misform

Misform (v. t.) To make in an ill form.

Misformation (n.) Malformation.

Misfortunate (a.) Producing misfortune.

Misfortune (n.) Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance.

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