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Say the wrong thing
Answer for the clue "Say the wrong thing ", 8 letters:
misspeak
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Word definitions for misspeak in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misspeak \Mis*speak"\, v. t. To utter wrongly.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive chiefly _US English) To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly 2 (context intransitive obsolete English) To speak insultingly or disrespectfully.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "to say amiss," also "to speak insultingly," from mis- (1) + speak (v.). Related: Misspeaking ; misspoken . Old English missprecan meant "to grumble, murmur."
Usage examples of misspeak.
I suspect deliberately, if by seeming to misspeak, he can put me in a bad light.
I corrected her, feeling, yet again, that I was misspeaking myself and hiding behind solemnity.
I had spent two years in relative safety, not having to worry that the slightest misspoken word might lead to disaster.
But the procurator was both frightened enough and angry enough to react violently if a colleague misspoke himself at this juncture.
Maybe the sheriff had got wind of Adams' off-and-on moonshining operation and was out to do some checking, hoping that some neighbor might misspeak himself.
Maybe the sheriff had got wind of Adams” off-and-on moonshining operation and was out to do some checking, hoping that some neighbor might misspeak himself.