misaffect

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verb

To dislike.

First used 16th–17th c.Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verbmisaffect (third-person singular simple present misaffects, present participle misaffecting, simple past and past participle misaffected)

present singular third person misaffects · participle present misaffecting · participle past misaffected · past misaffected

  1. obsoleteTo dislike.First known use 16th–17th c.
  2. obsoleteTo affect in a negative way.First known use 17th c.

    forasmuch as this malady is caused by precedent imagination, […] the brain must needs be primarily misaffected, as the seat of reason […]

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 171

Origin

From mis- + affect.

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APA

misaffect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaffect

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“misaffect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaffect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misaffect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misaffect.

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