"misgrieve" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misgrieves [present, singular, third-person], misgrieving [participle, present], misgrieved [participle, past], misgrieved [past]
Etymology: mis- + grieve Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|grieve}} mis- + grieve Head templates: {{en-verb}} misgrieve (third-person singular simple present misgrieves, present participle misgrieving, simple past and past participle misgrieved)
  1. To injure in a way that creates grief.
    Sense id: en-misgrieve-en-verb-Q3D8xMCW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 56 44
  2. To grieve improperly.
    Sense id: en-misgrieve-en-verb-SSTHcejO

Inflected forms

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