8 letter word starting with mis

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misaimed adjective Not rightly aimed.
misalter verb t. To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse.
misapply verb t. To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.
misassay verb t. To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully.
misavize verb t. To misadvise.
misboden past participle of Misbede, p. p. of Misbede.
misbegot p. adjective Alt. of Misbegotten
miscarry verb i. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat., To bring forth young before the proper time.
mischief noun Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport., Cause of trouble or vexation; trouble., To do harm to.
mischnic adjective See Mishnic.
mischose imp. of Mischoose
miscible adjective Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions.
misclaim noun A mistaken claim.
miscolor verb t. To give a wrong color to; figuratively, to set forth erroneously or unfairly; as, to miscolor facts.
miscount verb t. & i. To count erroneously., An erroneous counting.
miscovet verb t. To covet wrongfully.
misdated imp. & past participle of Misdate
misdealt imp. & past participle of Misdeal
misdempt p. p. of Misdeem.
misdight adjective Arrayed, prepared, or furnished, unsuitably.
misdoing present participle & vb. noun of Misdo, A wrong done; a fault or crime; an offense; as, it was my misdoing.
misdoubt verb t. & i. To be suspicious of; to have suspicion., Suspicion., Irresolution; hesitation.
misdread noun Dread of evil.
miseased adjective Having discomfort or misery; troubled.
misenter verb t. To enter or insert wrongly, as a charge in an account.
misentry noun An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.
miserere noun The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere., A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm., 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., Same as Ileus.
miseries plural of Misery
misfaith noun Want of faith; distrust.
misfeign verb i. To feign with an evil design.
misframe verb t. To frame wrongly.
misgiven past participle of Misgive
misgraff verb t. To misgraft.
misgraft verb t. To graft wrongly.
misguess verb t. & i. To guess wrongly.
misguide verb t. To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding., Misguidance; error.
mishappy adjective Unhappy.
mishmash noun A hotchpotch.
misinfer verb t. To infer incorrectly.
misjudge verb t. & i. To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
mislayer noun One who mislays.
mislearn verb t. To learn wrongly.
misletoe noun See Mistletoe.
mislight verb t. To deceive or lead astray with a false light.
misliked imp. & past participle of Mislike
misliker noun One who dislikes.
mislodge verb t. To lodge amiss.
mismatch verb t. To match unsuitably.
mismeter verb t. To give the wrong meter to, as to a line of verse.
misnomer noun The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title., To misname.
misogamy noun Hatre/ of marriage.
misogyny noun Hatred of women.
misology noun Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment.
misorder verb t. To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly., Irregularity; disorder.
mispaint verb t. To paint ill, or wrongly.
mispense noun See Misspense.
misplace verb t. To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
misplead verb i. To err in pleading.
mispoint verb t. To point improperly; to punctuate wrongly.
misprint verb t. To print wrong., A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints.
misprise verb t. See Misprize., To mistake.
misprize verb To slight or undervalue.
misproud adjective Viciously proud.
misquote verb t. & i. To quote erroneously or incorrectly.
misraise verb t. To raise or exite unreasonable.
misserve verb t. & i. To serve unfaithfully.
misshape verb t. To shape ill; to give an ill or unnatural from to; to deform.
missound verb t. To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly.
misspeak verb i. To err in speaking., To utter wrongly.
misspelt of Misspell
misspell verb t. To spell incorrectly.
misspent imp. & past participle of Misspend, imp. & p. p. of Misspend.
misspend verb t. To spend amiss or for wrong purposes; to aquander; to waste; as, to misspend time or money.
misstate verb t. To state wrongly; as, to misstate a question in debate.
misswear verb i. To swear falsely.
mistaken past participle of Mistake, Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken., Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
mistaker noun One who mistakes.
misteach verb t. To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.
misthink verb i. To think wrongly., To have erroneous thoughts or judgment of; to think ill of.
misthrow verb t. To throw wrongly.
mistigri noun A variety of the game of poker in which the joker is used, and called mistigris or mistigri.
mistitle verb t. To call by a wrong title.
mistrain verb t. To train amiss.
mistreat verb t. To treat amiss; to abuse.
mistress noun A woman having power, authority, or ownership; a woman who exercises authority, is chief, etc.; the female head of a family, a school, etc., A woman well skilled in anything, or having the mastery over it., A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one’s heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart., A woman filling the place, but without the rights, of a wife; a concubine; a loose woman with whom one consorts habitually., A title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman., A married woman; a wife., The old name of the jack at bowls., To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.
mistrial noun A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result.
mistrist verb t. To mistrust.
mistrust noun Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust., To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust., To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise.
mistutor verb t. To instruct amiss.
misurato adjective Measured; — a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.
misusage noun Bad treatment; abuse.
misvalue verb t. To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue.
misvouch verb t. To vouch falsely.
miswrite verb t. To write incorrectly.