misdeed

English

Etymology

From Middle English misdede, from Old English misdǣd (“misdeed”), from Proto-Germanic *missadēdiz (“misdeed”); equivalent to mis- +‎ deed. Cognate with Scots misded (“misdeed”), West Frisian misdied (“misdeed”), Dutch misdaad (“misdeed”), German Missetat (“misdeed”), Swedish missdåd (“misdeed”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 (missadēþs, “misdeed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪsˈdiːd/

Noun

misdeed (plural misdeeds)

That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.
The petty misdeeds of his youth came back to haunt him when he ran for political office and his character was smeared.

Synonyms

misdemeanor
misdoing

Related terms

misdo
misdoer

Translations

something wrong done

Bulgarian: злодеяние (bg) n (zlodejanie)
Catalan: pecat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 罪行 (zh) (zuìxíng), 犯罪 (zh) (fànzuì)
Dutch: misdaad (nl) f, vergrijp (nl) n, wandaad (nl) f
Finnish: tekonen
French: méfait (fr) f
German: Missetat (de) f
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 f (missadēþs)
Greek: παράπτωμα (el) n (paráptoma)
Hindi: कुकर्म (hi) (kukarm)
Hungarian: gaztett (hu), gonosztett (hu)
Italian: misfatto (it) m, crimine (it) m
Japanese: 悪事 (ja) (あくじ, akuji), 犯罪 (ja) (はんざい, hanzai)
Khmer: ទោស (km) (tooh)
Manx: drogh-yannoo
Norwegian:
Bokmål: misgjerning m or f
Nynorsk: misgjerning f
Polish: występek (pl) m
Portuguese: malfeitoria f
Romanian: nelegiuire (ro) f, fărădelege (ro) f (archaic, popular)
Russian: опло́шность (ru) f (oplóšnostʹ), просту́пок (ru) m (prostúpok), правонаруше́ние (ru) n (pravonarušénije), преступле́ние (ru) n (prestuplénije) (crime)
Spanish: fechoría (es) f
Tatar: ^{(please verify)} ярамаган эш (yaramağan eş)

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

Medised, demised, meddies, medised