abscise | (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
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(verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
abscond | (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off |
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acquiesce | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, assent |
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adolesce | (verb) become adolescent; pass through adolescence | - |
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ambuscade | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
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ascend | (verb) slope upwards | - |
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(verb) travel up | Synonyms: go up |
(verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: come up, rise, uprise |
(verb) go along towards (a river's) source | - |
(verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: move up, rise |
(verb) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | Synonyms: climb up |
(verb) become king or queen | - |
(verb) go back in order of genealogical succession | - |
ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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(verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
(verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
ascribe | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: assign, attribute, impute |
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auscultate | (verb) examine by auscultation | - |
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backscatter | (verb) scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes | - |
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cascade | (verb) arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible | - |
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(verb) rush down in big quantities, like a cascade | Synonyms: cascade down |
circumscribe | (verb) restrict or confine within limits | Synonyms: confine to, limit |
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(verb) draw a line around | - |
(verb) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect | - |
coalesce | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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(verb) fuse or cause to grow together | - |
condescend | (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: patronise, patronize |
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(verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: deign, descend |
(verb) behave in a patronizing and condescending manner | - |
(verb) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way | Synonyms: lower oneself, stoop |
confiscate | (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, impound, seize, sequester |
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conscript | (verb) enroll into service compulsorily | - |
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convalesce | (verb) get over an illness or shock | Synonyms: recover, recuperate |
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corkscrew | (verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: spiral |
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coruscate | (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
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(verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
crescendo | (verb) grow louder | - |
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crisscross | (verb) mark with a pattern of crossing lines | - |
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(verb) mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines | - |
(verb) cross in a pattern, often random | - |
crosscut | (verb) cut using a diagonal line | Synonyms: cut across |
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damascene | (verb) inlay metal with gold and silver | - |
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decrescendo | (verb) grow quieter | - |
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defervesce | (verb) experience an abatement of a fever | - |
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dehisce | (verb) burst or split open | - |
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deliquesce | (verb) melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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(verb) melt away in the process of decay | - |
demasculinise | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinize, emasculate |
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demasculinize | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, emasculate |
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descale | (verb) remove the scales from | Synonyms: scale |
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descant | (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: warble, yodel |
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(verb) talk at great length about something of one's interest | - |
(verb) sing in descant | - |
descend | (verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: fall, settle |
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(verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | Synonyms: come down, fall, go down |
(verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: condescend, deign |
(verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example | Synonyms: come, derive |
describe | (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
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(verb) give a description of | Synonyms: depict, draw |
(verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: account, report |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, draw, line, trace |
descry | (verb) catch sight of | Synonyms: espy, spot, spy |
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discard | (verb) throw or cast away | Synonyms: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out |
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discase | (verb) get undressed | Synonyms: disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress |
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discern | (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart |
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discerp | (verb) divide into pieces | Synonyms: dismember, take apart |
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(verb) cut off from a whole | Synonyms: lop, sever |
discharge | (verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: eject, exhaust, expel, release |
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(verb) become empty or void of its content | Synonyms: empty |
(verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, exculpate, exonerate |
(verb) release from military service | Synonyms: muster out |
(verb) cause to go off | Synonyms: fire |
(verb) go off or discharge | Synonyms: fire, go off |
(verb) pour forth or release | - |
(verb) remove the charge from | - |
(verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave | Synonyms: drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload |
(verb) complete or carry out | Synonyms: complete, dispatch |
(verb) free from obligations or duties | Synonyms: free |
discipline | (verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | Synonyms: correct, sort out |
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(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, condition, train |
disclaim | (verb) make a disclaimer about | - |
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(verb) renounce a legal claim or title to | - |
disclose | (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
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(verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover | Synonyms: expose, uncover |
disco | (verb) dance to disco music | - |
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discolor | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, colour, discolour |
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(verb) lose color or turn colorless | - |
(verb) cause to lose or change color | - |
discolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorize, discolourise |
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discolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolourise |
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discolour | (verb) change color, often in an undesired manner | Synonyms: color, colour, discolor |
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discolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize |
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discombobulate | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle, throw |
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(verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, throw |
discomfit | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discompose, disconcert, untune, upset |
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discommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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discompose | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, disconcert, untune, upset |
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disconcert | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, untune, upset |
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(verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, flurry, put off |
disconnect | (verb) make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten | - |
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(verb) pull the plug of (electrical appliances) and render inoperable | Synonyms: unplug |
discontent | (verb) make dissatisfied | - |
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discontinue | (verb) prevent completion | Synonyms: break, break off, stop |
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(verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: cease, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
(verb) come to or be at an end | - |
discord | (verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disaccord, disagree |
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discount | (verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside |
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(verb) give a reduction in price on | - |
discountenance | (verb) show disapproval by discouraging | - |
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(verb) look with disfavor on | - |
discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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(verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
(verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
discourse | (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: dissertate, hold forth |
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(verb) carry on a conversation | Synonyms: converse |
(verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discuss, talk about |
discover | (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see |
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(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
(verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
(verb) make a discovery, make a new finding | Synonyms: find |
(verb) see for the first time; make a discovery | - |
(verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, find, notice, observe |
(verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
discredit | (verb) reject as false; refuse to accept | Synonyms: disbelieve |
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(verb) cause to be distrusted or disbelieved | - |
(verb) damage the reputation of | Synonyms: disgrace |
discriminate | (verb) recognize or perceive the difference | Synonyms: know apart |
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(verb) distinguish | - |
(verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race | Synonyms: separate, single out |
discuss | (verb) speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion | Synonyms: hash out, talk over |
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(verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discourse, talk about |
effervesce | (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle |
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effloresce | (verb) come into or as if into flower | Synonyms: burst forth |
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(verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
(verb) become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation | - |
emasculate | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize |
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(verb) deprive of strength or vigor | Synonyms: castrate |
ensconce | (verb) fix firmly | Synonyms: settle |
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escalade | (verb) climb up and over | - |
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escalate | (verb) increase in extent or intensity | Synonyms: intensify, step up |
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escallop | (verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: scallop |
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escape | (verb) issue or leak, as from a small opening | - |
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(verb) fail to experience | Synonyms: miss |
(verb) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action | Synonyms: get away, get by, get off, get out |
(verb) run away from confinement | Synonyms: break loose, get away |
(verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
(verb) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | Synonyms: get away |
(verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | Synonyms: elude |
eschew | (verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of | Synonyms: shun |
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escort | (verb) accompany as an escort | - |
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(verb) conduct someone someplace | Synonyms: see |
evanesce | (verb) disappear gradually | Synonyms: blow over, fade, fleet, pass, pass off |
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eviscerate | (verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: disembowel, draw |
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(verb) remove the contents of | - |
(verb) take away a vital or essential part of | - |
(verb) surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ | Synonyms: resect |
fascinate | (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: grip, spellbind, transfix |
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(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, trance |
(verb) cause to be interested or curious | Synonyms: intrigue |
fluoresce | (verb) exhibit or undergo fluorescence | - |
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fresco | (verb) paint onto wet plaster on a wall | - |
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gasconade | (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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incandesce | (verb) become incandescent or glow with heat | - |
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(verb) cause to become incandescent or glow | - |
infuscate | (verb) darken with a brownish tinge, as of insect wings | - |
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inosculate | (verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis | Synonyms: anastomose |
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(verb) come together or open into each other | Synonyms: anastomose |
inscribe | (verb) mark with one's signature | Synonyms: autograph |
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(verb) address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication | - |
(verb) write, engrave, or print as a lasting record | - |
(verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, cypher, encipher, encrypt, write in code |
(verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: engrave, grave, scratch |
(verb) draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible | - |
(verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, enter, raise, recruit |
intumesce | (verb) expand abnormally | Synonyms: swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce |
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(verb) move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: bubble up |
intussuscept | (verb) introvert or invaginate | - |
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iridesce | (verb) be iridescent | - |
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landscape | (verb) do landscape gardening | - |
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(verb) embellish with plants | - |
luminesce | (verb) be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence | - |
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masculinise | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinize, virilise, virilize |
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masculinize | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, virilise, virilize |
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(verb) give a masculine appearance or character to | - |
miscalculate | (verb) calculate incorrectly | Synonyms: misestimate |
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(verb) to reckon wrongly | Synonyms: misestimate |
miscall | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: misname |
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miscarry | (verb) suffer a miscarriage | - |
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(verb) be unsuccessful | Synonyms: fail, go wrong |
miscast | (verb) cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role | - |
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miscegenate | (verb) marry or cohabit with a person of another race | - |
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misconceive | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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misconduct | (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: mishandle, mismanage |
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(verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misbehave, misdemean |
misconstrue | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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