Midst

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪdst

Alternative forms

• midest obsolete
• middis obsolete
• middst obsolete
• middest obsolete
• myddis obsolete
• mydst obsolete
• mydest obsolete
• myddst obsolete
• myddest obsolete

Full definition of midst

Noun

1. A place (literal or metaphoric) in the middle of something.
• 1905, w, w:The Case of Miss Elliott Chapter 2, Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.

Preposition

1. (rare) among, in the middle of

Synonyms

• amid
• amidst

Derived terms

• in the midst
• in one's midst

Anagrams

• MSTID