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misworshiping

misworshiping is the present participle and gerund of misworship.

Meaning of misworship

Verb

misworship (third-person singular simple present misworships, present participle (US) misworshiping or (UK) misworshipping, simple past and past participle (US) misworshiped or (UK) misworshipped)

  1. (transitive) To worship (a deity, etc.) wrongly.
    • The Israelites misworshipped the true God; the Syrians worshipped a false.1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

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Questions about misworshiping

What is misworshiping the present participle and gerund of?
Misworshiping is the present participle and gerund of misworship.

Words near misworshiping in the dictionary

  1. misworkings
  2. misworks
  3. misworn
  4. misworship
  5. misworshiped
  6. misworshiping
  7. misworshipped
  8. misworshipper
  9. misworshippers
  10. misworshipping
  11. misworships

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misworshiping (page history and authors); misworship (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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