Meaning of misthank | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To express one's discontent with someone's behavior.
   obsolete
2. To thank or give credit to someone for something they did not do.

Examples

“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”

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