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misloved

misloved adjective: filled with or indicative of with mislove. Also the simple past and past participle of mislove.

Adjective

misloved (comparative more misloved, superlative most misloved)

  1. Filled with or indicative of with mislove.
    • The feminist reading that looks to unlock the mother-character from her position as misloved object, is one move towards an assertion of the mother-daughter bond.1987, The University of Leeds Review - Volumes 30-32, page 45
    • Though not an exhibitionist mooner like Rousseau, Jacques offers us his belaboured rump as an image of a brutalised, not loveless but misloved, childhood .1992, W. D. Redfern, Feet First: Jules Vallès, page 93

Also used as

misloved is also the simple past and past participle of mislove.

Forms of misloved

comparativemore misloved
superlativemost misloved

Questions about misloved

What does misloved mean?
Misloved means filled with or indicative of with mislove.
What part of speech is misloved?
Misloved is an adjective.

Words near misloved in the dictionary

  1. mislooked
  2. mislooking
  3. mislooks
  4. mislore
  5. mislove
  6. misloved
  7. misloves
  8. misloving
  9. misls
  10. mislubricate
  11. mislubricated

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