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Definition: Misdemean |
MisdemeanVerb1. Behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: MisdemeanSynonyms: misbehave (v), misconduct (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: behave (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vice | Verb: be vicious; Adjective: sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress; misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself; misdo, misbehave; fall, lapse, slip, trip, offend, trespass; deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue; take a wrong course, go astray; hug a sin, hug a fault; sow one's wild oats. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "misdemean"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Greek | φέρομαι κακώσ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isdemeanmay.(various references) | |
Turkish | kötü davranmak (abuse, discriminate against smb., ill treat, maltreat, mishandle, mistreat, outrage, ride rough over, rough, serve, snub, tramp down, use smb. ill). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "misdemean": misdemeanant, misdemeanants, misdemeanor, misdemeanors. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-m-m-n-s" | |
-1 letter: endemism, misnamed. | |
-2 letters: ammines, aniseed, demeans, immense, maidens, meanies, medians, medinas, misdeem, mismade, misname, seedman, sideman, sidemen. | |
-3 letters: adeems, aedine, aidmen, amends, amides, amines, ammine, animes, daimen, demean, demies, demise, denies, denims, desman, dienes, edemas, emends, enemas, immane, inseam, madmen, maiden, maimed, mamies, meanie, mediae, median, medias, medina, menads, mensae, mensed, mesian, nimmed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-m-m-n-s" | |
+2 letters: eudaemonism, medicaments, misdemeanor. | |
+3 letters: commanderies, eudaemonisms, mainstreamed, masterminded, misdemeanant, misdemeanors. | |
+4 letters: demimondaines, dismantlement, dynamometries, immediateness, medicamentous, misdemeanants. | |
+5 letters: decamethoniums, dismantlements, immoderateness. | |
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