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misbeholden

misbeholden adjective: disobliging; offensive or unkind.

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
    • If the Son of God had taken upon him the nature of angels, and passed by the seed of Abraham ; if he had been their Redeemer, as he is their avenger, would ever any of them have spoken a misbeholden word of him, or disparaged his glory ?1798, Ebenezer Erskine, The Whole Works of the Late Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Erskine, Minister of Gospel at Stirling

Forms of misbeholden

comparativemore misbeholden
superlativemost misbeholden

Questions about misbeholden

What does misbeholden mean?
Misbeholden means disobliging; offensive or unkind.
What part of speech is misbeholden?
Misbeholden is an adjective.

Words near misbeholden in the dictionary

  1. misbehavioral
  2. misbehaviors
  3. misbehaviour
  4. misbehavioural
  5. misbehaviours
  6. misbeholden
  7. misbelief
  8. misbeliefs
  9. misbelieve
  10. misbelieved
  11. misbeliever

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