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Misgrew

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Misgrew"

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undergrew—
forgrew—
grewverbAlternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”). [(intransitive, archaic except Northern England, Scotland) To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.]
overgrewverb(intransitive) To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.
regrewnoun(agriculture, ecology) The self-cultivation of vegetables by city dwellers, using flower pots and windowsills, growing them from roots, cuttings, and scraps, for recycling and sustainable living.
upgrew—
grew out—
outgrewverb(transitive, often figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc.
ungrew—
grew out of—
intergrew—
grew up—
misgot—
grew on—
miswent—
misbecameverb(transitive, obsolete) To be unsuitable for; not to befit.
ingrew—
grew a pair—
misgaveverb(transitive, archaic) Of the mind, heart, etc.: to give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute.
mistookverb(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

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