Definitions for misalliances

misalliances mis·al·li·ance

Spelling: [mis-uh-lahy-uh ns]
IPA: /ˌmɪs əˈlaɪ əns/

Misalliances is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 960 anagrams from letters in misalliances (aaceiillmnss).

Definitions for misalliances

noun

  1. an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.
  2. an improper or incompatible association, especially in marriage; mésalliance.

Origin of misalliances

1730-40; mis-1 + alliance, modeled on French mésalliance

Examples for misalliances

The marriage had been a misalliance, her father being one of the crew of the flagship.

Her brother well knew how she had struggled against what she would call a misalliance, but Cupid had been the victor.

He had forgotten, in the blindness of his love, how shocking the misalliance would be.

Despite its misalliance with the Italian Renaissance, it stood firm, it did not bend; it remained the grand French style.

I believe that Lady Flora is little likely to contract such a misalliance.

Later the misalliance of the princess was cautiously touched upon.

This is not the language of one who wished to apologise for a misalliance.

If you were to marry the son of an English manufacturer of office furniture, your friends would consider it a misalliance.

"misalliance: with a treatise on parents and children," 1914.

She would enjoy the situation because it would make the misalliance less marked.

If you were to marry the son of an English manufacturer of office furniture, your friends would consider it a misalliance.

This is not the language of one who wished to apologise for a misalliance.

She would enjoy the situation because it would make the misalliance less marked.

"misalliance: with a treatise on parents and children," 1914.

Her brother well knew how she had struggled against what she would call a misalliance, but Cupid had been the victor.

The marriage had been a misalliance, her father being one of the crew of the flagship.

He had forgotten, in the blindness of his love, how shocking the misalliance would be.

I believe that Lady Flora is little likely to contract such a misalliance.

Later the misalliance of the princess was cautiously touched upon.

Despite its misalliance with the Italian Renaissance, it stood firm, it did not bend; it remained the grand French style.

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