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misstressing

misstressing is the present participle and gerund of misstress.

Meaning of misstress

Verb

misstress (third-person singular simple present misstresses, present participle misstressing, simple past and past participle misstressed)

  1. To stress incorrectly.
    • a misstressed syllable
    Synonyms:
    misemphasize

Questions about misstressing

What is misstressing the present participle and gerund of?
Misstressing is the present participle and gerund of misstress.

Words near misstressing in the dictionary

  1. misstoring
  2. misstowed
  3. misstress
  4. misstressed
  5. misstresses
  6. misstressing
  7. misstrike
  8. misstrikes
  9. misstriking
  10. misstring
  11. misstringing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misstressing (page history and authors); misstress (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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