"mislove" meaning in All languages combined

See mislove on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: misloves [plural]
Etymology: From mis- + love. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|love}} mis- + love Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mislove (countable and uncountable, plural misloves)
  1. Inadequate, imperfect, or misdirected love. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mislove-en-noun-RJPYZocl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 41 31 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 31 31
  2. The act or object of misloving. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mislove-en-noun-AYhPAkTH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 31 31

Verb [English]

Forms: misloves [present, singular, third-person], misloving [participle, present], misloved [participle, past], misloved [past]
Etymology: From mis- + love. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|love}} mis- + love Head templates: {{en-verb}} mislove (third-person singular simple present misloves, present participle misloving, simple past and past participle misloved)
  1. (transitive) To love wrongly, insufficiently, inadequately, or imperfectly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mislove-en-verb-hqao4~x0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 31 31

Inflected forms

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