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Definition: Misbeliever |
MisbelieverNoun1. A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "misbeliever" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Synonyms: MisbelieverSynonyms: heretic (n), religious outcast (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Incredulity | Unbeliever, skeptic, cynic; misbeliever., pyrrhonist; heretic; (heterodox). |
The word miscreant, which originally meant simply misbeliever, has now quite another meaning (). See Trench, On the Study of Words, p. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Misbeliever |
| Specialty definitions using "misbeliever": Gabardine'. (references) |
Expression using "misbeliever": which originally meant simply misbeliever. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "misbeliever"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | heretik (heretic, heretical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | شكاك (incredulous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | заблуден (astray, misguided, perverted, stray, strayed), еретик (heretic, whore master). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nevìrec (infidel, unbeliever), bludař (heretic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mécréant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Irrgläubige. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κακόδοξοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ספקן (doubter, sceptic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hitetlen (atheist, disbeliever, godless, impious, incredulous, infidel, irreligious, miscreant, nescient, non believer, unbeliever, unbelieving, unchristian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | miscredente (infidel, misbelieving, unbeliever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isbelievermay herege (heretic). (various references) еретик (heretic, miscreant). (various references) krivovernik. (various references) no creyente (disbeliever, non believer, unbeliever), hereje (heretic, miscreant), descreído (disbeliever, godless, infidel, non believer, unbeliever, unbelieving). (various references) kâfir (blasphemer, blasphemous, heathen, heretic, infidel, profane, unbeliever, unbelieving), imansız (faithless, infidel, miscreant, unbeliever). (various references) "ретик (heretic, humanitarian). (various references) người không theo tôn giáo, người không tín ngưỡng (irreligionist, miscreant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "misbeliever": misbelievers. (additional references) | |
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"Misbeliever" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: misdelivered. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "misbeliever" (pronounced 'Mis`be*liev"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-i-i-l-m-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: misbelieve. | |
-2 letters: believers, eversible, semibreve. | |
-3 letters: believer, believes, bevelers, liveries, relieves, resemble, seemlier, verbiles, vermeils. | |
-4 letters: beliers, believe, bemires, berimes, berseem, beslime, besmile, beveler, biremes, emeries, leviers, limbers, limbier, liviers, milreis, mislive, releves, relieve, relives, reviles, risible, servile, slimier, veeries, veilers, verbile, vermeil, visible. | |
-5 letters: beeves, belier, belies, belive, bemire, berime, bermes, beseem, bevels, bevies. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-i-i-l-m-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: misbelievers. | |
+5 letters: overembellishing. | |
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