Misturn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)n/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Misturn is a verb meaning (transitive) To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
Meaning
(transitive) To turn wrongly or incorrectly; turn aside wrongly; pervert.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To go wrong; make a wrong turn.
- A wrong turn.
Example Sentences
They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.
At one of the dim cross-roads they had made a misturn, and were now wandering around without the slightest notion of where they were going.
Word Forms
- misturns
- misturning
- misturned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misderive, misconvert, mistransform, crook, misput, mistwist.
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