misname
Collocations
1MISNAME + NOUN
someone, woman
Definitions
noun
A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.
Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences.
And it was a misname, because the woman who stood before him now in all her naked glory presented a picture beauteous beyond belief—to Vagn, leastways.
verb
To call by a wrong name.
Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers.
To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly.
Near-synonym: misnomer
Elsewhere is pain in looking back on the blotted page misnamed Experience.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — assign in incorrect name to
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences.
WiktionaryAnd it was a misname, because the woman who stood before him now in all her naked glory presented a picture beauteous beyond belief—to Vagn, leastways.
WiktionaryMisnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers.
WiktionaryNear-synonym: misnomer
WiktionaryElsewhere is pain in looking back on the blotted page misnamed Experience.
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