Definitions for misrule

misrule mis·rule

Spelling: [mis-rool]
IPA: /mɪsˈrul/

Misrule is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 211 anagrams from letters in misrule (eilmrsu).

Definitions for misrule

noun

  1. bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
  2. disorder or lawlessness.

verb (used with object)

  1. to misgovern.

Origin of misrule

1300-50; Middle English misreulen (v.), misreule (noun). See mis-1, rule

Examples for misrule

The end is near—the end of Spanish misrule in the West Indies.

To abolish the superstition, the misrule, the vice, the misery of this world.

What followed is, happily, unique in the history of English misrule.

Look at Normandy, freed from misrule and exaction, in peace and order.

Anarchy and misrule must be displayed in their most glaring colors.

At first she was not noticed, so great was the noise and misrule.

The heart may grow in vice, and the passions expand in misrule.

They formed a portion of the army of deliverers from Turkish misrule.

A decade ago, Afghans were exhausted by years of war and misrule.

About six weeks of his misrule were all the independent colonists could stand.

Word Value for misrule
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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