Word Meanings - MISREPUTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate erroneously.
Related words: (words related to MISREPUTE)
- WRONGOUS
Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment. Craig. (more info) 1. Constituting, or of the nature of, a wrong; unjust; wrongful. - WRONG
imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer. - REPUTE
1. Character reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton. 2. Specifically: Good character - WRONGLESS
Not wrong; void or free from wrong. -- Wrong"less*ly, adv. Sir P. Sidney. - ESTIMATION
1. The act of estimating. Shak. 2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities. If he be poorer that thy - WRONGDOING
Evil or wicked behavior or action. - ESTIMATE
1. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic , or intrinsic , value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents - REPUTELESS
Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius. Shak. - WRONGFUL
Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing. -- Wrong"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrong"ful*ness, n. - WRONGHEAD
A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character. - WRONG-TIMED
Done at an improper time; ill-timed. - REPUTEDLY
In common opinion or estimation; by repute. - WRONGNESS
The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault. The best great wrongnesses within themselves. Bp. Butler. The rightness or wrongness of this view. Latham. - WRONGDOER
One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor. Ayliffe. (more info) 1. One who injures another, or who does wrong. - WRONGLY
In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. "And yet wouldst wrongly win." Shak. - WRONGHEADED
Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse. -- Wrong"head`ed*ly, adv. -- Wrong"head`ed*ness, n. Macaulay. - WRONGER
One who wrongs or injures another. Shak. "Wrongers of the world." Tennyson. - OVERESTIMATE
To estimate too highly; to overvalue. - MISREPUTE
To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate erroneously. - MISESTIMATE
To estimate erroneously. J. S. Mill. - SELF-ESTIMATION
The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem. - AWRONG
Wrongly. Ford. - UNDERESTIMATE
To set to - DISREPUTE
Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit. At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace. - SELF-WRONG
Wrong done by a person himself. Shak. - DISESTIMATION
Disesteem.