See misdo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "harm"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "abuse"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "annoy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "bewound"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "damage"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "damnify"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"UK",
"archaic",
"dialectal"
],
"word": "dere"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "do damage to"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "do for"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "do ill"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "do violence to"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "forwork"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "grieve"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "harm"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "harrow"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "hurt"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "injure"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "maul"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "misdo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "put someone in hospital"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
],
"word": "scaith"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "scathe"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "vulnerate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "wet"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:harm",
"word": "wound"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪsˈduː/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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}
],
"word": "misdo"
}
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