misdo
To do evil; to commit misdeeds.
Verb
- To do evil; to commit misdeeds.
Synonyms: damage harm abuse afflict aggrieve do evil do harm do ill ill-treat ill-use make mischief misdo mistreat molest oppress outrage overburden pain persecute run down trample on tread on weigh down weigh heavy on
- To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
- Afford me place to ſhew what recompence / Towards thee I intend for what I have miſdone,[…] - 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes,...
Synonyms: err mess up blow it bobble boob crap up drop a bollock drop the ball flub flub up foul up fuck up goof goof up make a mistake misdo misstep put a foot wrong screw up slip up stuff up stumble trip over the wire trip up
- To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
- thēne cam out a duchesse / & Clarysyn the countesse with many ladyes & damoysels / and knelyng bifore kynge Arthur requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte / & not to take it by assaulte for thenne shold...
Synonyms: damage harm abuse annoy bewound damnify dere do damage to do for do ill do violence to forwork grieve harrow hurt injure maul misdo put someone in hospital scaith scathe vulnerate wet wound
Origin
From Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- + do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do.