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Word Meanings - MISREPUTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To have in wrong estimation; to repute or estimate erroneously.

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  • 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.

 

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