misbegotten
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˌmɪs.bɪˈɡɑː.tən/
- Offensive
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ilegítimo
- She often referred to her misbegotten origins when discussing the challenges of her upbringing.
Examples
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My older brother was misbegotten.
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I saw that she could raise Mai to be everything I was not: she was the new future, and I, the misbegotten past.
Fiction book (2002) -
It's been said that all giants are descended from Ur, the first giant who was the misbegotten son of the Earth and Sky.
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They were two misbegotten creatures born of a common force, or they were destined to be enemies, and Beno knew it.
Fiction book (2002) -
"We have always been suspicious of one another, from the day he came to us, a misbegotten child, crippled and ugly, and time, as we know, far from erasing first impressions, only reinforces them and supplies them with proof.
Fiction book (1994) -
Despite his talent, he felt like a misbegotten child, never truly accepted by society.
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The misbegotten arrangements of their marriage left them both unhappy for years.
Synonyms
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6.1
A child or marriage not recognized by law because the parents were not married
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5.3
A child born to parents who are not married
A child born to parents who are not married
Born to parents who are not married to each other
Born to parents who are not married
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misbegotten comes from mis- meaning 'wrong' and begotten, from beget, which means 'to father' or 'to produce'. So misbegotten originally meant someone 'wrongly born', which is why it was used for children born outside marriage.