misdeed

Other forms of misdeed

plural

misdeeds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about misdeed

What does misdeed mean?

misdeed means "improper or wicked or immoral behavior".

How many syllables are in misdeed?

misdeed has 2 syllables: mis-deed. The stress falls on "mis". In IPA it is /ˈmɪsˈdid/.

What is another word for misdeed?

Close synonyms include misbehavior, misbehaviour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is misdeed a common word?

misdeed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with misdeed?

2 words rhyme with misdeed. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.