"misgroom" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misgrooms [present, singular, third-person], misgrooming [participle, present], misgroomed [participle, past], misgroomed [past]
Etymology: mis- + groom Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|groom}} mis- + groom Head templates: {{en-verb}} misgroom (third-person singular simple present misgrooms, present participle misgrooming, simple past and past participle misgroomed)
  1. (transitive) To groom badly or wrongly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misgroom-en-verb-xHn2jAvP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misgroom meaning in English (1.8kB)

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