misdone
misdone is the past participle of misdo.
Meaning of misdo
Verb
misdo (third-person singular simple present misdoes, present participle misdoing, simple past misdid, past participle misdone)
- To do evil; to commit misdeeds.
- To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
- Afford me place to ſhew what recompence / Towards thee I intend for what I have miſdone,[…]1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 57
- Synonyms:
- err, mess up, blow it, bobble, boob, crap up, miscue, drop a bollock, drop the ball, flub
- To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
- thēne cam out a duchesse / & Clarysyn the countesse with many ladyes & damoysels / and knelyng bifore kynge Arthur requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte / & not to take it by assaulte for thenne shold many gyltles be slayne / thēne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book V
Words that rhyme with misdone
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- rerun
- stun
- nun
- shun
- 'un
- Gunn
- jump the gun
- none
- outrun
- overdone
- begun
- dun
- fun
- hon
- pun
- speedrun
- thon
- undone
- unspun
- verdun
- winter sun
- 1
- 101
- 26+6=1
- cun
- dun dun dun
- everyone
- hard-won
- have one's mind about one
- hot cross bun
- marble run
- mun
- Munn
- old one
- one hundred and one
- one thousand and one
- organ gun
- outdone
- outgun
- over and done
- quaker gun
- redone
- respun
- rewon
- snatch and run
- spun
- steam gun
- temperature gun
Questions about misdone
- What is misdone the past participle of?
- Misdone is the past participle of misdo.
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