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misrule

/mɪsˈɹuːl/

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Northern Ireland/mɪsˈɹʉl/

misrule noun: the state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy.

Noun

misrule (countable and uncountable, plural misrules)

  1. The state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy.
    • They followed their leader in regular procession, and the motley characters, which had waited his arrival, now crowded into the church in his train, shouting as they came,—“A hall, a hall! for the venerable Father Howleglas, the learned Monk of Misrule, and the Right Reverend Abbot of Unreason!”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
    • Before and after the revolution, in the several states and in the country at large, pressing emergencies have occurred, periods of danger, trouble and dismay have arisen, when the community was full of misrule, and a particular state or the nation, seemed to be upon the brink of some fearful and...1838, Samuel K[irkland] Lothrop, A Sermon Preached Before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, at the Close of a Second Century from Their Charter Incorporation, Boston, June 4, 1838, Being...
  2. Misgovernment; bad or unjust government.
    • But in the recent past, there had been plenty of accusations and instances of Henry's oppressive misrule, of which the execution of the earl of Warwick, Suffolk's cousin, was the most recent and emphatic example.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 52

Verb

misrule (third-person singular simple present misrules, present participle misruling, simple past and past participle misruled)

  1. Of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court.
  2. To rule badly; to misgovern.

misrule meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

misrule in Hindi

misrule, misgovernment
कुशासन kuśāsan

misrule in Tamil

ஆட்சிக்கேடு, கொடுங்கோன்மை

misrule in Urdu

بےتنظیمی

misrule in Malayalam

ദുർഭരണം, അക്രമഭരണം

Forms of misrule

Noun
pluralmisrules
Verb
third-person singular presentmisrules
present participlemisruling
past participlemisruled
pastmisruled

Origin of misrule

From Middle English mysrule; equivalent to mis- + rule.

Phrases with misrule

Words that rhyme with misrule

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Questions about misrule

What does misrule mean?
Misrule means the state of being ruled badly; disorder, lawlessness, anarchy.
What is misrule in Hindi?
Misrule in Hindi is कुशासन (kuśāsan). See Misrule meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is misrule?
Misrule can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce misrule?
Misrule is pronounced /mɪsˈɹuːl/.
What is the plural of misrule?
The plural of misrule is misrules.

Words near misrule in the dictionary

  1. misrouteing
  2. misroutes
  3. misrouting
  4. misroutings
  5. misru
  6. misrule
  7. misruled
  8. misruler
  9. misrulers
  10. misrules
  11. misruling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misrule (page history and authors); कुशासन (Hindi) (page history and authors); misrule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misrule (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misrule (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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