What does misthank mean?
Misthank means (obsolete) To express one's discontent with someone's behavior..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(obsolete) To express one's discontent with someone's behavior..
I had (in Harbour) heav'd mine Anchor o're, And ev'n already set one foot a-shoar; When lo, the Dolphin, beating 'gainst the bank, 'Gan mine obliuion moodily mis-thank:
A ruin'd Ccountry for it's woeful lot Misthanks it's King, nor will be satisfied.
[…] mis-thanks, disappointment, and perhaps losses of money, and credit, yet may the remark not be an idle one, as we design it a covenant between ourselves and the reader that neither ourselves nor our inheritors of pen and ink forever, shall praise any body or anything unless we mean it and have good cause.
If only I hadn't gotten drunk and raced around lying and misthanking .
Mis-Thanking Russell Edson
Use misthank when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Misthank means (obsolete) To express one's discontent with someone's behavior..
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I had (in Harbour) heav'd mine Anchor o're, And ev'n already set one foot a-shoar; When lo, the Dolphin, beating 'gainst the bank, 'Gan mine obliuion moodily mis-thank:
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