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Syn. -- Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish;
distress; calamity; misfortune.

Mis`es*teem" (?), n. [Cf. F.
mésestime.] Want of esteem; disrespect.
Johnson.

Mis*es"ti*mate (?), v. t. To
estimate erroneously. J. S. Mill.

Mis*ex`pla*na"tion (?), n. An
erroneous explanation.

Mis*ex`pli*ca"tion (?), n. Wrong
explication.

Mis*ex`po*si"tion (?), n. Wrong
exposition.

Mis`ex*pound" (?), v. t. To
expound erroneously.

Mis`ex*pres"sion (?), n. Wrong
expression.

Mis*faith" (?), n. Want of faith;
distrust. "[Anger] born of your misfaith."
Tennyson.

Mis*fall" (?), v. t.
[imp. Misfell; p. p.
Misfallen (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Misfalling.] To befall, as ill luck; to happen to
unluckily.


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