misdo

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UK/mɪsˈduː/

verb

To do evil; to commit misdeeds.

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damageharmabuseafflictaggrievedo evildo harmdo ill
OriginMiddle English misdon ← Old English misdōn ← Proto-Germanic *missadōną →
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Meanings

verbmisdo (third-person singular simple present misdoes, present participle misdoing, simple past misdid, past participle misdone)

present singular third person misdoes · participle present misdoing · past misdid · participle past misdone

  1. archaicintransitiveTo do evil; to commit misdeeds.

    Synonyms: damage, harm, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, do evil, do harm, do ill

  2. transitiveTo do (something) incorrectly or improperly.

    Afford me place to ſhew what recompence / Towards thee I intend for what I have miſdone,[…]

    1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 57

    Synonyms: err, mess up, blow it, bobble, boob, crap up, miscue, drop a bollock

  3. archaictransitiveTo do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
    1 more example

    thēne cam out a duchesse / & Clarysyn the countesse with many ladyes & damoysels / and knelyng bifore kynge Arthur requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte / & not to take it by assaulte for thenne shold many gyltles be slayne / thēne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble coūtenaūce / & said madame ther shal none of my subgettys mysdoo you ne your maydens

    1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book V

    Synonyms: damage, harm, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo do evil; to commit misdeeds.

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damageharmabuseafflictaggrievedo evildo harmdo illill-treatill-usemake mischiefmistreatmolestoppressoutrageoverburdenpainpersecuterun down

verbTo do (something) incorrectly or improperly.

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errmess upblow itbobbleboobcrap upmiscuedrop a bollockdrop the ballerrflubflub upfoul upfuck upgoofgoof upmake a mistakemess upmisstep

verbTo do harm to; to injure, mistreat.

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damageharmabuseannoybewounddamagedamnifyderedo damage todo fordo illdo violence toforworkgrieveharmharrowhurtinjuremaulmayhem
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fuck upharmmake a mistakemayhemmuck upscrew up

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*missadōną“to do wrongly”
  2. Old Englishmisdōn“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”
  3. Middle Englishmisdon
  4. Englishmisdo

From Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- + do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do.

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Translations

Spanish malfacer, hacer mal
  • malfacer(intransitive)
  • hacer mal(intransitive)
  • hacer malamente(intransitive)

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with misdo

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Anagrams

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Chicago

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