Thesaurus / mislay
FEEDBACKRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
TRY USING mislay
See how your sentence looks with different synonyms.
How to use mislay in a sentence
Glad to see the old boy, though I cant help wishing hed mislay that monocle of his.
BASEBALL JOE, CAPTAIN OF THE TEAMLESTER CHADWICKPray don't mislay your reply; I would certainly print it, if I had it here: how long is it?
THE JOURNAL TO STELLAJONATHAN SWIFTI don't lose mine much, but gee whiz, I mislay it sometimes.
ROY BLAKELEY'S CAMP ON WHEELSPERCY KEESE FITZHUGHFor some one to mislay or forget a permit was a daily occurrence and the caution had to be repeated often.
A TRIP TO THE ORIENTROBERT URIE JACOBI doubt, however, whether this will become popular, guests showing a tendency to mislay their knives and forks in the foliage.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 153, NOV. 28, 1917VARIOUSDon't you forgit to make a note of it; here's her check, an' we've kep' the number in case you should mislay it or anything.
THE LIFE OF NANCYSARAH ORNE JEWETTIf I knew anything 'bout a four-mile stake race, I'd try to mislay the name of it.
OLD MAN CURRYCHARLES E. (CHARLES EMMETT) VAN LOANHe instructed Mrs. Petty, however, on no account to destroy or mislay any journal, but to keep them in a pile in his study.
THE BURNING SPEARJOHN GALSWORTHYThey have been known to mislay letters, and then to be ready to swear that they had been mailed.
TEN YEARS AMONG THE MAIL BAGSJAMES HOLBROOKIf you can make him mislay his compass he will never come back to you.'
THE FIFTH QUEENFORD MADOX FORDWORDS RELATED TO MISLAY
- break down
- break up
- clutter
- complicate
- confound
- confuse
- demobilize
- derange
- destroy
- disarrange
- disarray
- disband
- discompose
- discreate
- dishevel
- dislocate
- disorder
- disperse
- disturb
- embroil
- jumble
- litter
- mess up
- mislay
- misplace
- muddle
- perturb
- put out of order
- scatter
- scramble
- shuffle
- toss
- turn topsy-turvy
- unsettle
- upset
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.