Home › Words › M › misbeatmisbeat/ˈmɪsbiːt/misbeat means A false, wrong, or incorrect beat; a beat in the wrong time or rhythm.misbeat is pronounced /ˈmɪsbiːt/.EtymologyFrom mis- + beat.nounA false, wrong, or incorrect beat; a beat in the wrong time or rhythm.e.g.“Leigh's heart gave a little misbeat as she watched the exchange.” — 2001, Gayle G. Roper, Spring Rain:verbTo beat out of rhythm; beat incorrectly.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.interbeat 68% match — Between beats (of the heart etc) vs misbeat →beatless 66% match — Having no beat. vs misbeat →beat 64% match — A stroke; a blow. vs misbeat →counterbeat 64% match — A beat that runs counter to another. vs misbeat →beatlessness 64% match — Absence of a beat in music. vs misbeat →forbeat 63% match — To beat. vs misbeat →afterbeat 63% match — A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat. vs misbeat →contrametric 62% match — Not following the beat or meter. vs misbeat →