'Misrule' definitions:
Definition of 'misrule'
From: WordNet
noun
Government that is inefficient or dishonest [syn: misgovernment, misrule]
Definition of 'Misrule'
From: GCIDE
- Misrule \Mis*rule"\, v. t. & i. To rule badly; to misgovern. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Misrule'
From: GCIDE
- Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n.
- 1. The act, or the result, of misruling. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination. [1913 Webster]
- Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Abbot of Misrule, or Lord of Misrule. See under Abbot, and Lord. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misrule'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anarchism,
- anarcho-syndicalism,
- anarchy,
- antinomianism,
- bad policy,
- be negligent,
- chaos,
- confusion,
- criminal syndicalism,
- disorder,
- disorderliness,
- disorganization,
- disruption,
- distemper,
- fabulous formless darkness,
- foul-up,
- hassle,
- impolicy,
- inexpedience,
- inexpediency,
- license,
- lynch law,
- maladminister,
- maladministration,
- malfeasance,
- malpractice,
- misadminister,
- misadministration,
- misconduct,
- misdirect,
- misdirection,
- misfeasance,
- misgovern,
- misgovernment,
- misguidance,
- misguide,
- mishandle,
- mishandling,
- mismanage,
- mismanagement,
- mix-up,
- mob law,
- mob rule,
- mobocracy,
- morass,
- muddle,
- neglect,
- negligence,
- nihilism,
- nonfeasance,
- ochlocracy,
- omission,
- primal chaos,
- rebellion,
- revolution,
- riot,
- screw-up,
- snafu,
- syndicalism,
- tohubohu,
- turmoil,
- unruliness,
- wrongdoing