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misthinking

misthinking is the present participle and gerund of misthink.

Meaning of misthink

Verb

misthink (third-person singular simple present misthinks, present participle misthinking, simple past and past participle misthought)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To think wrongly or badly (of).
    • Adam misthought of her.1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To have sinful thoughts.

Questions about misthinking

What is misthinking the present participle and gerund of?
Misthinking is the present participle and gerund of misthink.

Words near misthinking in the dictionary

  1. mistheorizes
  2. mistheorizing
  3. misther
  4. misthers
  5. misthink
  6. misthinking
  7. misthinks
  8. misthought
  9. misthoughts
  10. misthread
  11. misthreaded

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