"misthank" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misthanks [present, singular, third-person], misthanking [participle, present], misthanked [participle, past], misthanked [past]
Etymology: From mis- + thank. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|thank}} mis- + thank Head templates: {{en-verb}} misthank (third-person singular simple present misthanks, present participle misthanking, simple past and past participle misthanked)
  1. (obsolete) To express one's discontent with someone's behavior. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-misthank-en-verb-~ii3jZb8
  2. To thank or give credit to someone for something they did not do.
    Sense id: en-misthank-en-verb-RsGdvZ~Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74

Inflected forms

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