Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misworship

/mɪsˈwɜː(ɹ)ʃɪp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-wor-ship
IPA: /mɪsˈwɜː(ɹ)ʃɪp/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To worship (a deity, etc.) wrongly.

Transitive verb

noun

False or wrong worship; mistaken practices in religion.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The Israelites misworshipped the true God; the Syrians worshipped a false."
"Might men be their own judges, there would be no heresy in the world, no misworship."
"Such hideous inextricable jungle of misworships, misbeliefs, men, made as we are, did actually hold by, and live at home in."

Etymology

From mis- + worship.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Inflected Forms

misworships (present, singular) misworshiping (US, participle) misworshipping (UK, participle) misworshiped (US, participle) misworshiped (US, past) misworshipped (UK, participle) misworshipped (UK, past) misworships (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce misworship?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈwɜː(ɹ)ʃɪp/.
What does misworship mean?: To worship (a deity, etc.) wrongly.
Where does misworship come from?: From mis- + worship.

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