misdeed
Syllables: mis·deed/mɪsˈdiːd/
misdeed noun: that which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
Noun
misdeed (plural misdeeds)
- That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
- The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.
- These [putting feet on seats and leaving rubbish behind] are officially among the worst habits revealed by staff working on Northern's trains and at stations. Other bugbears include playing music through loudspeakers, not giving way to passengers getting off the train and actually illegal...2023 March 22, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 979, page 71
- Synonyms:
- crime, delict, delinquency, error, malfeasance, misdemeanor, misdoing, offense, peccadillo, sin
misdeed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
misdeed in Hindi
- something wrong done
- कुकर्म kukarm, दुष्कर्म duṣkarm, दुराचार durācār
misdeed in Tamil
- தவறு, குற்றச்செயல், பழிச்செயல்
misdeed in Urdu
- بدکاری, برا عمل
misdeed in Bengali
- misdeed, scandalous, condemnable act
- অকাম okam
- misdeed, scandalous/condemnable act
- আকাম akam
- misdeed, mischievous action, wrongdoing
- অকার্য okarjo
- a misdeed, a wrong-doing, an improper action
- অক্রিয়া okriẏa
More languagesFewer languages
- misdeed in Malayalam
- ദുഷ്പ്രവൃത്തി, അബദ്ധപ്രവൃത്തി, കൃത്യവിലോപം
- misdeed in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪುಕೆಲಸ, ಕೆಟ್ಟಕೆಲಸ, ತಪ್ಪಿತ, ಗಾರುಗೆಲಸ
- misdeed in Punjabi
- ਕਰਤੂਤ kartūt
- misdeed in Sanskrit
- अङ्क aṅká
Synonyms of misdeed
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Forms of misdeed
| plural | misdeeds |
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Origin of misdeed
From Middle English misdede, from Old English misdǣd (“misdeed”), from Proto-West Germanic *missadādi, from Proto-Germanic *missadēdiz (“misdeed”); equivalent to mis- + deed. Cognate with Scots misded (“misdeed”), West Frisian misdied (“misdeed”), Dutch misdaad (“misdeed”), German Missetat (“misdeed”), Swedish missdåd (“misdeed”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (missadēþs, “misdeed”).
Words formed from misdeed
Words that rhyme with misdeed
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- weed
- proceed
- stampede
- concede
- accede
- deed
- exceed
- need
- bede
- knead
- mislead
- plead
- rede
- swede
- cede
- creed
- godspeed
- heed
- intercede
- keyed
- leed
- meed
- precede
- recede
- tumbleweed
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- beread
- greed
- he'd
- indeed
- interbreed
- kneed
- mead
- secede
- she'd
- sneed
- steed
- supersede
- underfeed
- we'd
- ye'd
- agreed
- anasheed
- aniseed
- atheed
- caid
- co-feed
- cofeed
Questions about misdeed
- What does misdeed mean?
- Misdeed means that which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
- What is misdeed in Hindi?
- Misdeed in Hindi is कुकर्म (kukarm), दुष्कर्म (duṣkarm), दुराचार (durācār). See Misdeed meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is misdeed?
- Misdeed is a noun.
- How do you pronounce misdeed?
- Misdeed is pronounced /mɪsˈdiːd/.
- What is the plural of misdeed?
- The plural of misdeed is misdeeds.
Words near misdeed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misdeed (page history and authors); misdeed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misdeed (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অকাম (Bengali) (page history and authors); misdeed (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misdeed (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਰਤੂਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अङ्क (Sanskrit) (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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