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misbehadden

misbehadden is the alternative form of misbeholden.

Meaning of misbeholden

Adjective

misbeholden (comparative more misbeholden, superlative most misbeholden)

  1. (archaic) Disobliging; offensive or unkind.
    • We show thee not one discontented look, Nor render him one misbeholden word ; But his defiance and his dare to war, We swallow with the supple oil of peace ; Which, gentle herald, if thou canst procure, A thousand crowns shall justly guerdon thee.1599, Thomas Heywood (attributed - it was published anonymously), King Edward IV, part 2

Forms of misbehadden

comparativemore misbehadden
superlativemost misbehadden

Questions about misbehadden

What is misbehadden the alternative form of?
Misbehadden is the alternative form of misbeholden.

Words near misbehadden in the dictionary

  1. misbegets
  2. misbegetting
  3. misbegot
  4. misbegotten
  5. misbegun
  6. misbehadden
  7. misbehave
  8. misbehaved
  9. misbehaver
  10. misbehavers
  11. misbehaves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misbehadden (page history and authors); misbeholden (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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