Thesaurus / miss
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But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSBut with all her advantages Miss Solomonson failed with the old lord, and she abuses him to this day.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSHe, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYMiss Christabel blushed furiously and emitted a sound half between a laugh and a scream.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEMiss Smith immediately rises from the table, puts up her dear little mouth to her papa to be kissed.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")"It's always the way with them," sighed Miss Grains, who suffered from a complication of romantic tendency and very tight stays.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSMiss Thangue replied, impulsively, "I have often wondered if you numbered satiety among your complexities!"
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON“I hope he will grow up to be a true comfort to you, M. Pujol,” said Miss Janet.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEFeeling secure regarding their happiness and welfare, she did not miss them except with an occasional intense longing.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINWORDS RELATED TO MISS
- addle
- be off the mark
- be wrong
- blunder
- botch
- bungle
- confound
- confuse
- deceive oneself
- err
- fail
- get wrong
- goof
- have wrong impression
- jumble
- lapse
- make a mess
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- misconceive
- misconstrue
- miscount
- misdeem
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misread
- miss
- miss the boat
- not know
- omit
- overestimate
- overlook
- put foot in
- slip
- slip up
- snarl
- take for
- tangle
- underestimate
- addles
- blunders
- botches
- bungles
- confounds
- confuses
- deceives oneself
- errs
- fails
- gets wrong
- goofs
- has wrong impression
- is off the mark
- is wrong
- jumbles
- lapses
- makes a mess
- misapprehends
- miscalculates
- misconceives
- misconstrues
- miscounts
- misdeems
- misinterprets
- misjudges
- misknows
- misreads
- misses
- misses the boat
- not knows
- omits
- overestimates
- overlooks
- puts foot in
- slips
- slips up
- snarls
- takes for
- tangles
- underestimates
- addled
- blundered
- botched
- bungled
- confounded
- confused
- deceived oneself
- erred
- failed
- goofed
- got wrong
- had wrong impression
- jumbled
- lapsed
- made a mess
- misapprehended
- miscalculated
- misconceived
- misconstrued
- miscounted
- misdeemed
- misinterpreted
- misjudged
- misknowed
- misread
- missed
- missed the boat
- not knew
- omitted
- overestimated
- overlooked
- put foot in
- slipped
- slipped up
- snarled
- tangled
- took for
- underestimated
- was off the mark
- was wrong
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be perplexed
- confound
- confuse
- fail
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconceive
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misread
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
- ached
- agonized
- anguished
- be brokenhearted
- bemoaned
- bewailed
- bled
- blubbered
- carried on
- complained
- cried
- deplored
- fretted
- grieved
- hurt
- keened
- lamented
- languished
- long for
- missed
- moaned
- pined
- regretted
- repined
- rued
- sighed
- sobbed
- sorrowed
- suffered
- took it hard
- wailed
- was sad
- wept
- wore black
- wrung hands
- yearned
- be deficient
- be deprived
- be down and out
- be hard up
- be in need of
- be in want
- be inadequate
- be needy
- be poor
- be short
- be without
- call for
- claim
- covet
- crave
- demand
- desire
- die for
- do without
- drive for
- exact
- feel a dearth of
- feel the necessity for
- feel the pinch
- go hungry
- hanker
- have occasion for
- have occasion to
- have use for
- hunger
- hurt for
- lack
- long
- lust
- miss
- necessitate
- pine
- require
- suffer privation
- thirst
- wish
- yearn
- yen for
- be careless
- be derelict
- be irresponsible
- be negligent
- be remiss
- bypass
- defer
- discard
- dismiss
- disregard
- elide
- evade
- gloss over
- let pass
- let slide
- look the other way
- lose sight of
- miss
- not trouble oneself
- omit
- overleap
- overlook
- overpass
- pass over
- postpone
- procrastinate
- shirk
- skimp
- skip
- suspend
- think little of
- trifle
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