Misrule

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Disorder or lawless confusion.
  • n. Inept or unwise rule; misgovernment.
  • v. To rule ineptly, unjustly, or unwisely; misgovern.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Of a trial judge, to make a bad decision in court.
  • v. To be inefficient in government management.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To rule badly; to misgovern.
  • n. The act, or the result, of misruling.
  • n. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Bad rule; misgovernment; wrongful exercise of power or authority.
  • n. Absence of control or restraint; insubordination; disorder.
  • To rule badly; govern unwisely or oppressively.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. government that is inefficient or dishonest
    • Equivalent
    Lord of Misrule   
    Verb Form
    misruled    misrules    misruling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    government activity    governing    government    administration    governance   
    Cross Reference
    king of misrule    abbot of misrule    misruler    Lord of Misrule   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    misgovern    disorder    confusion    govern   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abdul    Boole    Dzhambul    Istanbul    Jewel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    misgovernment    bloodshed    anarchy    lawlessness    mayhem   
     
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