"misdeed" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪsˈdiːd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-misdeed.wav Forms: misdeeds [plural]
Rhymes: -iːd Etymology: From Middle English misdede, from Old English misdǣd (“misdeed”), from Proto-West Germanic *missadādi, from Proto-Germanic *missadēdiz (“misdeed”); equivalent to mis- + deed. Cognate with Scots misded (“misdeed”), West Frisian misdied (“misdeed”), Dutch misdaad (“misdeed”), German Missetat (“misdeed”), Swedish missdåd (“misdeed”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (missadēþs, “misdeed”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|misdede}} Middle English misdede, {{inh|en|ang|misdǣd||misdeed}} Old English misdǣd (“misdeed”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*missadādi}} Proto-West Germanic *missadādi, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*missadēdiz|t=misdeed}} Proto-Germanic *missadēdiz (“misdeed”), {{pre|en|mis|deed}} mis- + deed, {{cog|sco|misded||misdeed}} Scots misded (“misdeed”), {{cog|fy|misdied||misdeed}} West Frisian misdied (“misdeed”), {{cog|nl|misdaad||misdeed}} Dutch misdaad (“misdeed”), {{cog|de|Missetat||misdeed}} German Missetat (“misdeed”), {{cog|sv|missdåd||misdeed}} Swedish missdåd (“misdeed”), {{cog|got|𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃||misdeed}} Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (missadēþs, “misdeed”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} misdeed (plural misdeeds)
  1. That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime. Synonyms: misdemeanor, misdoing Derived forms: misdeedy Related terms: misdo, misdoer, mischief Translations (something wrong done): злодеяние (zlodejanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), pecat [masculine] (Catalan), 罪行 (zuìxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 犯罪 (fànzuì) (Chinese Mandarin), misdaad [feminine] (Dutch), vergrijp [neuter] (Dutch), wandaad [feminine] (Dutch), tekonen (Finnish), méfait [feminine] (French), Missetat [feminine] (German), 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (missadēþs) [feminine] (Gothic), παράπτωμα (paráptoma) [neuter] (Greek), कुकर्म (kukarm) (Hindi), दुष्कर्म (duṣkarm) [masculine] (Hindi), दुराचार (durācār) [masculine] (Hindi), gaztett (Hungarian), gonosztett (Hungarian), misfatto [masculine] (Italian), crimine [masculine] (Italian), 悪事 (akuji) (alt: あくじ) (Japanese), 犯罪 (hanzai) (alt: はんざい) (Japanese), ទោស (tooh) (Khmer), drogh-yannoo (Manx), misgjerning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), misgjerning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), صوچ (suç) (Ottoman Turkish), występek [masculine] (Polish), malfeitoria [feminine] (Portuguese), nelegiuire [feminine] (Romanian), fărădelege [archaic, common, feminine] (Romanian), опло́шность (oplóšnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), просту́пок (prostúpok) [masculine] (Russian), правонаруше́ние (pravonarušénije) [neuter] (Russian), преступле́ние (prestuplénije) (english: crime) [neuter] (Russian), fechoría [feminine] (Spanish), missdåd [neuter] (Swedish), missgärning [common-gender] (Swedish), illdåd [neuter] (Swedish), illgärning [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "text": "These [putting feet on seats and leaving rubbish behind] are officially among the worst habits revealed by staff working on Northern's trains and at stations. Other bugbears include playing music through loudspeakers, not giving way to passengers getting off the train and actually illegal activities such as fare evasion and vaping in enclosed spaces. The list of misdeeds was released by the operator on March 3 to coincide with Employee Appreciation Day.",
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          "roman": "zlodejanie",
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          "sense": "something wrong done",
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          "sense": "something wrong done",
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          "word": "méfait"
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          "sense": "something wrong done",
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          "roman": "missadēþs",
          "sense": "something wrong done",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "paráptoma",
          "sense": "something wrong done",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kukarm",
          "sense": "something wrong done",
          "word": "कुकर्म"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "duṣkarm",
          "sense": "something wrong done",
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "durācār",
          "sense": "something wrong done",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "something wrong done",
          "word": "gaztett"
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          "sense": "something wrong done",
          "word": "gonosztett"
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          "sense": "something wrong done",
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          "sense": "something wrong done",
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          "word": "crimine"
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          "sense": "something wrong done",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "word": "malfeitoria"
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          "sense": "something wrong done",
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          "word": "nelegiuire"
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          "sense": "something wrong done",
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "misdede"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English misdede",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "misdǣd",
        "4": "",
        "5": "misdeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English misdǣd (“misdeed”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*missadādi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *missadādi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*missadēdiz",
        "t": "misdeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *missadēdiz (“misdeed”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mis",
        "3": "deed"
      },
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      "name": "pre"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "misded",
        "3": "",
        "4": "misdeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots misded (“misdeed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "misdied",
        "3": "",
        "4": "misdeed"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian misdied (“misdeed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "misdaad",
        "3": "",
        "4": "misdeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch misdaad (“misdeed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Missetat",
        "3": "",
        "4": "misdeed"
      },
      "expansion": "German Missetat (“misdeed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "missdåd",
        "3": "",
        "4": "misdeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish missdåd (“misdeed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "misdeed"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (missadēþs, “misdeed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English misdede, from Old English misdǣd (“misdeed”), from Proto-West Germanic *missadādi, from Proto-Germanic *missadēdiz (“misdeed”); equivalent to mis- + deed. Cognate with Scots misded (“misdeed”), West Frisian misdied (“misdeed”), Dutch misdaad (“misdeed”), German Missetat (“misdeed”), Swedish missdåd (“misdeed”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (missadēþs, “misdeed”).",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "misdo"
    },
    {
      "word": "misdoer"
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      "word": "mischief"
    }
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        "Rhymes:English/iːd/2 syllables",
        "Tatar terms with redundant script codes",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gothic translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Manx translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tatar translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 22, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 979, page 71:",
          "text": "These [putting feet on seats and leaving rubbish behind] are officially among the worst habits revealed by staff working on Northern's trains and at stations. Other bugbears include playing music through loudspeakers, not giving way to passengers getting off the train and actually illegal activities such as fare evasion and vaping in enclosed spaces. The list of misdeeds was released by the operator on March 3 to coincide with Employee Appreciation Day.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
        ],
        [
          "offense",
          "offense"
        ],
        [
          "crime",
          "crime"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/mɪsˈdiːd/"
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːd"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "misdemeanor"
    },
    {
      "word": "misdoing"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zlodejanie",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "злодеяние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pecat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuìxíng",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "罪行"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fànzuì",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "犯罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "misdaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vergrijp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wandaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "tekonen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "méfait"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Missetat"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "missadēþs",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paráptoma",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "παράπτωμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kukarm",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "कुकर्म"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "duṣkarm",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "दुष्कर्म"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "durācār",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "दुराचार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "gaztett"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "gonosztett"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "misfatto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crimine"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あくじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "akuji",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "悪事"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんざい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanzai",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "犯罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tooh",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "ទោស"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "drogh-yannoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "misgjerning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "misgjerning"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "suç",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "word": "صوچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "występek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malfeitoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nelegiuire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "common",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fărădelege"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oplóšnostʹ",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опло́шность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prostúpok",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "просту́пок"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pravonarušénije",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "правонаруше́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "crime",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prestuplénije",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "преступле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fechoría"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "missdåd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "missgärning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "illdåd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something wrong done",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "illgärning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "misdeed"
}

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