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MISER, MISERLINESS, MISERLY - adjectives
• CARKING † miserly, niggardly ...1748 obs. or arch.
• CHEAPSKATE miserly ...1903 US sl.
• CHINCHY stingy, miserly, niggardly, penurious ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CHINCY, CHINSY miserly, stingy ...1940 Amer. sl.
• CHINTZ miserly, stingy ...1963 Amer. sl.
• CHINTZY miserly, stingy ...1902
• CLUTCH-FIST miserly ...a1643
• GAIR eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly ...1719 Sc.
• GARE eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly ...1719 Sc.
• GRAFTY stingy, miserly ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRIPPLE-MINDED † of a miserly, greedy, or grasping disposition ...1626
• HAIVERY miserly, greedy of money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD close-fisted, grasping, penurious, miserly; covetous ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARD-BACKED miserly, stingy, noted for driving hard bargains ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD-HANDED † miserly, parsimonious ...1587
• HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IRON-FISTED close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, miserly, stingy, mean ...1826
• MEASLY mean, miserly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEECHY greedy in money matters; miserly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MINGY-MINDED mean, stingy, niggardly, miserly ...1959 colloq.
• MISDEEDED miserly, covetous ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISERABLE miserly, stingy; greedy, covetous ...1853 Eng. dial.
• MISERD miserly, parsimonious ...1825 Sc.
• MISERTISH miserly, avaricious ...1824 Sc.
• MISERTLY miserly, avaricious ...Bk1903 N. Ireland
• NABALISTIC † churlish; miserly ...1659
• NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous ...1616
• NEAR-BEGAUN niggardly, miserly ...1789 Sc.
• NEAR-BEGONE niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• NEAR-BEHADDIN niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEAR-FISTED niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAR-GAWN niggardly, miserly ...1773 Sc.
• NEAR-GOING niggardly, miserly ...1773 Sc.
• NEETY miserly, stingy, niggardly ...1892 Sc. & Ireland
• NICKEL-NURSING miserly ...1910s US sl.
• NIGGISH † niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious ...1542
• NIPCHEESE mean, miserly, niggardly ...1819
• NIPPING † miserly, niggardly, mean, hard-natured ...1808 Sc.
• NIRPID miserly, stingy ...1899 Sc.
• NITTIE miserly, stingy, niggardly ...1892 Sc.
• NIZZLIN greedy, niggardly, miserly, wasting time on trifles as a result of greed ...1808 Sc.
• PARTAN-HANDED close-fisted, stingy, mean, miserly, grasping, tight-fisted ...1823 Sc.
• PENURIOUS extremely stingy; miserly ...1590
• RHINY miserly, close-fisted; too stingy to be clean ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAVE-ALL parsimonious, stingy, miserly ...1812
• SCALY miserly, stingy, mean; thievish, dishonest, tricky ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE-GOOD † miserly, stingy, avaricious ...a1693
• SCRIMY stingy, miserly, niggardly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SKINFLINTY niggardly, miserly ...1901
• SKINNY mean, miserly, niggardly, stingy ...1833
• SNUDGE mean, miserly, crabby ...1855 Eng. dial.
miser, miserliness, miserly - nouns
• CHINCHERY † niggardliness, miserliness, avarice ...c1386
• EUCLIONISM †* stinginess, miserliness ...1599
• MISERDOM the habits and practices of a miser ...1887
• MISERHOOD * miserliness ...1867
• MISERISM * miserliness ...1798
• SKINFLINTINESS niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1861
• SKINFLINTISM niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1893
miser, miserliness, miserly - person
• ANOINTER a miser, a skinflint ...1892 Eng. dial.
• BAGGER † a miser; he who encloses in bags ...1740
• BEAR a grasping person; a miser ...1989 US sl.
• BITE a miserly person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BITE-FIG a miserly person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOG POCKET a tightwad, a miser ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHEAP-SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CHEAPSKATE a miserly person; a stingy person ...1896 US
• CHINCE a stingy or miserly person ...1949 Amer. sl.
• CHINCH a miserly or mean person; a stingy person ...a1300
• CHINTZ a stingy or miserly person ...a1989 Amer. sl.
• CIMBICK a miserly fellow; a miser, a niggard ...19C
• CLUNCHFIST † a miser, a niggardly person, one who is close-fisted ...1606
• CLUSTERFIST a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard ...1652
• CLUTCH-FIST a miser, a niggard ...17C
• CORBIE a miserly, grasping person ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• CUM-TWANG † term of abuse, reproach, or contempt; apparently, a miser ...1599
• DRY-FIST † a miserly, niggardly, stingy or parsimonious person ...1604
• DRY-HASH a miser; also, a loafer ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DRYSIDES a grasping, miserly fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• EARTHWORM a mean or grovelling or servile person - a covetous, grasping person - a miser - a sordid wretch ...1594
• GATHERER † one who gathers wealth, as opposed to 'spender' or 'waster'; a miser ...a1513
• GEAR-GATHERER a money-making man; a hoarder of wealth ...1825
• GIELANGER, GILAINGER † a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler; a miser ...1590 Sc.
• GIVER FROM FALL RIVER a miser ...Bk1945 jive usage
• GLOBBER a miser ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GLUBBER † a miser ...B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GREEDYGUT a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUTS a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GRIPE-PENNY † a niggardly fellow, a miser ...1860
• HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person ...1855
• HALF-SIR a churl; a miser ...1843 Ireland
• HARD-FIST a miserly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HASPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HESPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HOG-GRUBBER † a mean, stingy, sneaking fellow; a close-fisted fellow; a miser, a niggard ...a1700
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• KIKE (derogatory) a Jew, esp. one considered greedy, miserly, stingy, dishonest, untrustworthy, or shrewd; hence, any person thought to have such characteristics ...1904 Amer. dial.
• KUMBIX † a miser, a niggard ...1857
• LICKPENNY † one who 'licks up' the pennies; a greedy, covetous person; a miser; a spendthrift; an extortioner ...a1400
• MISERD a miser, a close-fisted, avaricious person ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOKERAD †* a miser; a deceiver ...a1400
• MOKERARD †* a miser ...a1400
• MOKERERS † misers ...Bk1872
• MONEY-CODGER †* a miser ...1818
• MONEY-HUGGER a miser; a lover of money ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• MONEY-MISER † one who hoards wealth, and spends as little money as possible; a skinflint, a miserly person ...1650
• MOOLY PENNY a nickname for a miser ...1865 Sc.
• MORKIN-GNOFF †* a miser ...1602
• MOSS DOG a miser, a stingy fellow ...1925 sl.
• MUCKERER †* one who hoards wealth, or scrapes money together; a miser, niggard ...1303
• MUCKWORM a selfish wretch; a miser ...16C colloq.
• MUGLARD †* a miser ...c1440
• NABAL a churlish or miserly person; a narrow-minded, greedy person ...1604
• NABALITE † a churlish or miserly person ...1645
• NABBLE a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1792 Sc.
• NABBLER a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1911 Sc.
• NAGAS, NAGUS * a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person - a miserly person ...1508 Sc.
• NAGRE a niggardly or miserly person ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• NAGUR, NAIGUR a niggardly or miserly person ...Bk1950 Ireland
• NICKEL NURSER a miser ...1910s US sl.
• NICKEL SQUEEZER a mean, miserly person ...1920s US sl.
• NICK-THE-BANE a miser, a niggard ...1964 Sc.
• NIGON † a parsimonious person, a niggard, a miser ...1303
• NIPCHEESE a mean or miserly person; a parsimonious, covetous person; a skinflint ...1825
• NIPFARTHING † a mean miser; a skinflint; a niggardly person ...1566
• NIRP a miser ...1908 Sc.
• OAF a miser ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD FILE a miser ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD FLINT a miser ...M19 sl.
• OLD HUDDLE a miser ...M16 sl.
• OLD HUDDLE AND TWANG a miser ...M16 sl.
• OLD HUNX a dirty old man; a miser ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PENNY-FATHER † a man who is too careful of his pence; an old miser, a niggard, a skinflint, a parsimonious person ...1549
• PENNY PINCHER a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person ...1920
• PIG a miser, a stingy or greedy person ...1951 Amer. dial.
• PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser ...1648-60
• PINCH-COMMONS one who stints the supply of food for himself or others; a parsimonious or stingy person; a miser, a niggard ...1822
• PINCH-FART † a miserly or stingy person; a niggard ...1592
• PINCHPENNY † a miser, a niggard, a skinflint; a covetous man ...c1412
• SAVE-ALL a niggardly, stingy, miserly person ...1785
• SCAB a stingy person; a miser ...1987 Aust. sl.
• SCHLAPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SCHLEPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SCRAE, SKRAE, SKRAY a miser, a skinflint ...1940 Sc.
• SCRAPE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser ...a1790
• SCRAPE-DAYTIONS a careful, miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE-DISH a careful, miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE-GOOD † a miser, a niggard, a covetous person ...1611
• SCRAPE-HARD a miser ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPE-PENNY † one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person; a miserly, stingy person; a niggard ...1584
• SCRAPIE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPPER a miser; a penurious, niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT a saving, industrious person; a mean, niggardly, contemptible fellow; a miser ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT-PENNY a greedy, miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTER a saving, thrifty, or miserly person ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMP a miser; a skinflint; a mean, niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRINGE a searcher; esp. a child or animal who searches out things not intended for him; a mean, miserly person ...1892 Sc.
• SCROACKER a miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHARE-PENNY †* one who would shear a penny; a mean person of the worst kind; a niggard, a miser ...1606
• SHITE-STICKS † a mean, miserly fellow ...1659
• SHIT-STICKS †* a miser ...1598 sl.
• SHLEPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SHORT JOHN a niggardly, miserly, or stingy person; one who does things in a cheap style ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SILVER-HIDER † a miser ...1611
• SKITE a cross or unlikable man, somewhat miserly, or inclined to be dishonest in money matters ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SNIBBLE-NOSE one who would save even the droppings of his nose; a term of reproach for a mean-spirited, covetous person; a niggardly miser ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SNICKET † a miser, a stingy, saving person ...1703 Eng. dial.
• SNUDGE † a mean, avaricious person; a niggard, a miser, a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow ...1545 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SPLACK-NUCK a miser ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SPUNG a miser ...Bk1889 sl.
• VINEGAR PISSER a miser; a mean person ...E17 sl.
• VIP a miser ...1930s Aust. sl.
• VOLPONE † a cunning schemer or miser; a hoarder of wealth ...1710
• WARNOUR † a miser, a wretch, a niggard ...1513 Sc.
• WORLD'S WORM a miser; a niggardly person ...1786 Sc.
• YETHGRUB a slave to covetousness; a miser ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• YETHMAWK a slave to covetousness; a miser ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• YETHWORM a slave to covetousness; a miser ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
miser, miserliness, miserly - verbs
• HAVE THE HARD DROP IN ONE to be miserly or penurious ...1848 Ireland
• MISE † to be miserly ...1579
• MIZE to act like a miser; to hoard money ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NIRP to withhold in a miserly fashion ...1964 Sc.
• SNUDGE † to be miserly, stingy, or saving ...c1540
MISERABLE - adjectives (includes MISERABLE-LOOKING)
• BAD-HEARTED melancholy, miserable, down-hearted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful ...c1325 arch.
• BLUE miserable, melancholy, dejected ...a1450
• CAITIFF vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, miserable, wretched ...a1300
• DAUNY, DAWNEY, DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health ...Bk1900 Irish usage
• DAWLSOME dull, dreary, miserable; nauseating ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD ALIVE miserable, down in the mouth ...M19 sl.
• DEAD AND ALIVE miserable, down in the mouth ...M19 sl.
• DICKY poorly; out of sorts; poor; miserable ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• DOG-BOLT † wretched, miserable, mean, base, degraded, contemptible ...1580
• DONNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• DOWLY doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely ...LME N. Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELENGELY † solitary, cheerless, miserable, dejected ...c1305
• FEEBLE † of a period, event, etc.: miserable, ill-starred, unhappy ...1297
• FRIDAY-FACED † sad-looking, melancholy, gloomy, sour-featured, miserable, gloomy ...c1600
• HAPPY AS A BASTARD ON FATHER'S DAY miserable, depressed ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• HAPPY AS A BOXING KANGAROO IN FOG utterly miserable ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• ILL-OFF poor, miserable, ill-used ...1891 Sc.
• IN THE MOPES feeling miserable ...E19 sl.
• KAGOU looking miserable, unenthusiastic, 'sorry for oneself' ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MIMSY miserable and flimsy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIS miserable ...L19 sl.
• MISEASY † miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable ...c1290
• MISER, MYSER † miserable, wretched ...1542
• MISERABLE AS A BANDICOOT most unhappy, miserable ...1888 Aust. sl.
• MISERABLE AS A SHAG ON A ROCK very miserable ...1845 Aust. colloq.
• MISEROUS † miserable ...c1475
• MISHAPPY † unhappy, miserable, sad, wretched ...c1386
• MIZ miserable ...L19 sl.
• MOPEY AS A WET HEN miserable, gloomy ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• OFF ONE'S FEED depressed, miserable, nervous ...M19 sl.
• OORIE of persons and things: dismal, gloomy, miserable-looking from cold or illness; cold and cheerless, depressing, dejected ...1785 Sc.
• OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected ...1869 Sc.
• OORLICK of persons: miserable-looking from cold, hunger, or illness; pinched, haggard, shivery, out-of-sorts ...1768 Sc.
• OOZLY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down ...1824 Sc.
• OOZLY-LOOKING slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down ...1824 Sc.
• OURIE of persons and things: dismal, gloomy, miserable-looking from cold or illness; cold and cheerless, depressing, dejected ...1785 Sc.
• OUSLEY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down ...1824 Sc.
• OZELLY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down ...1824 Sc.
• RASCALLY wretched, miserable, mean ...1606
• SAT-UPON depressed, miserable ...L19 sl.
• SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SEEDY wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUFFRETOUS † needy, in want, miserable ...c1450
• TINPOT wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TINPOTTY wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNBLESTFUL † unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune ...1608
• UNCOMFORTLESS † miserable ...1598
• UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNLUCKY depressed, miserable ...1889 Eng. dial.
• VENGEABLE † miserable, wretched ...c1430
• WALLOWISH pinched and miserable-looking; faint from hunger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANLICHE † miserable, wretched ...1205
• WANSOME † miserable, unhappy ...c1250
• WELSH pinched and miserable-looking; faint from hunger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
miserable - nouns
• FACE LIKE A SEA-BOOT, A a long-drawn 'fathom of misery'; a miserable or glum face ...c1930 sl.
• FACE LIKE A SLAPPED ARSE, A a very miserable-looking countenance ...1999 UK sl.
• FACE LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER, A a 'long' face; a miserable or glum face ...20C colloq.
• SCREWTON-NEWTONS a miserable feeling in mind and body; a fit of the dumps, a gloomy, melancholy state of mind ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
miserable - person
• 'APPY DAY a miserable, pessimistic type, a grumbler of the worst kind ...Bk1950 Royal Navy sl.
• BRETHEL † a worthless fellow; a good-for-nothing wretch; a miserable wretch ...c1440
• CAITIFF † a wretched, miserable person; a poor wretch; one in a piteous case ...c1325
• DEATH'S HEAD a miserable, impoverished, emaciated person ...L18 sl.
• DEATH'S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK a poor, miserable, emaciated fellow ...1794
• FACE-ACHE an ugly, irritating, or miserable-looking person ...Bk1988 Aust. & Brit. sl.
• FAGGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman ...1591
• FRIDAY-FACE - † a grave, dismal, or gloomy expression of the countenance; a gloomy, dejected-looking or miserable-looking man or woman ...1592
• GAWDELPUS an ineffectual, useless, or incompetent person; a generally miserable looking person ...1908 sl.
• HAPPY BOLLOCKS a miserable man ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
• HAPPY-PRATT a miserable woman ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• LAZY-ASS SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• MISER † a wretch, a miserable person ...1820 Sc.
• MIZZOG a miserable person ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
• MOPE a dim-witted, dreamy, or miserable person ...M16 sl.
• NANNY PINCH-POT a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch ...1893 Eng. dial.
• OBJECT a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature ...1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAD SACK a contemptible person; a miserable, depressed person ...1943 sl., chiefly US
• SAD SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1943 sl., orig. US
• SCAA a thin, miserable-looking person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser ...a1790
• SORRY SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SPALPEEN a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp ...1815 Irish
• TALL STREAK OF MISERY a person who is always morose or miserable ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
miserable - verbs
• ERUMNATE † to impoverish, to make poor or miserable ...1692
• HAVE A FACE LIKE HALF-PAST SIX to look miserable ...L19 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S FACE AT HALF-PAST EIGHT to look miserable ...L19 sl.
• LOOK LIKE DEATH ON A MOPSTICK to look very miserable ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MISERATE to render miserable ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• SAD SACK to act or move in a miserable, depressed manner ...1970s US sl.
• UNCOMFORT * to render miserable ...1637
miserable - phrases
• FACE LIKE A CHOOK'S ARSE a miserable expression ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• FACE LIKE A YARD OF TRIPE a miserable expression ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• FACE LIKE YESTERDAY describing a very miserable-looking face ...1900s sl.
MISERABLY - adverbs
• CAITIFLY † wretchedly, miserably ...1393
• ELENGELY † drearily, miserably, dejectedly, gloomily ...1377
MISERY - nouns (includes MISERABLENESS)
• BALE mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief ...c1325
• CAITIFDOM † wretchedness, misery ...c1460
• CAITIFHEDE † wretchedness, misery ...c1340
• CAITIFNESS † wretchedness, misery ...1393
• CAITIFTY † wretchedness, misery ...a1300
• CHAIN LIGHTNING n. torment or misery, esp. a severe scolding; hell ...1866 US sl.
• DOG'S LIFE, A a life of misery, or of miserable subservience ...a1528
• ELENGENESSE † loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom ...c1320
• HARD SLEDDIN' poverty, hardship, misery ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MARRIAGE FACE a miserable face ...L19 UK middle class usage
• MEAGRIES miseries, ills ...1885 Sc.
• MIS a misery ...L19 sl.
• MISEASE trouble, misery ...c1225
• MISERABILITY * miserableness ...1559
• MISERITY † misery ...1533 Sc.
• MISS a misery ...L19 sl.
• MIZZ a misery ...L19 sl.
• UNISELE † unhappiness, misery ...c1205
• WANDRETH † misery, distress, hardship; adversity, poverty ...c1175
• WANE † misery, woe ...a1200
misery - verbs
• LEAD A DOG'S LIFE to lead a life of misery or miserable subservience ...1597
misery - phrases
• PAIN IN ONE'S OWN ARSE one's own worst enemy; said of someone who is often the cause of his own misery ...Brit. sl.
MISFIT - person
• DUMB CROOKER a social misfit ...1963 US sl.
• EGGO a fool, a misfit ...1980s US college sl.
• EIGHT BALL a bungler; a troublemaker; a misfit ...1933 US sl.
• EXTRA SPOKE a misfit; someone who doesn't seem to 'fit in' ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MESS-UP a troublemaker or misfit ...1944 US sl.
• MOEGIE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MOEGOE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MOGGOE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MOGO (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MONZ a social reject; a misfit ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
• OUTLAW one who is crude or ill-mannered; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SACKY DACKY a depressed misfit ...1946 US sl.
• SAD SACK a miserable and depressing individual; an inept misfit ...1943 US sl., orig. military usage
• SPACE CADET a misfit; an unappealing person ...1989 US college sl.
• SQUARE PEG a misfit ...1930 Amer. sl.
• SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE a misfit; an outcast ...Bk1958 sl.
MISFORTUNE - adjectives
• BLUPT suffering misfortune from want of foresight ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MISCHANCEFUL † accompanied by mischance or misfortune; unfortunate ...a1400
• MISDIGHT † ill-treated, brought to misfortune ...a1225
• SNAKE-BIT irremediably doomed to misfortune ...1957 US
• SNAKE-BITTEN irremediably doomed to misfortune ...1957 US
• UNBLESTFUL † unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune ...1608
• UNSONSY unlucky, unfortunate; ominous, fatal, causing ill-luck or misfortune ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
misfortune - nouns
• AMBS-ACE bad luck, misfortune, worthlessness ...E16 sl.
• AMSHA misfortune ...Irish sl.
• ANTERCAST a misfortune ...1768 Sc.
• AUNTERCAST a misfortune ...1768 Sc.
• BACKCAST a misfortune, reverse; used often of a relapse during illness or a moral backsliding ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACKSET a check, a hindrance; a reverse, misfortune ...1721
• BEGINK a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc.
• BEGONK a trick, a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Eng. dial.
• BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLACK COW a misfortune ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACK OX a misfortune; a bereavement; a great calamity ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUP a misfortune or mistake owing to want of foresight ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COLD GRUEL misfortune, ill-luck ...Bk1903 sl.
• CROPPER a severe misfortune, personal failure, etc. ...M19 colloq.
• CUT an act whereby the feelings are deeply wounded, as a sarcasm, an act of unkindness, etc.; a severe disaster or misfortune; a blow, a shock ...1568
• DAMAGE † a matter for regret, a misfortune ...c1385
• EMSHA misfortune ...Irish sl.
• GUTSER, GUTZER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GUTZER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GYPSY'S WARNING in works of fiction: a sinister warning or prophecy from a Gypsy; now generally: any warning or sign of impending misfortune ...1824
• HAP misfortune, an accident ...c1275
• HAPMENT an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident ...1842 Eng. dial.
• HARD HAP misfortune, adversity ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HARD-SAILING trouble, misfortune ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HORSE ON ONE a turn of fortune against one; misfortune ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-HAP misfortune ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL SUCCESS failure, misadventure, misfortune ...1823 arch.
• ILL YEAR † misfortune, disaster ...1598
• JUBBERTY a difficulty; a vexatious occurrence; a misfortune ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOUD ONE a misfortune ...WWI army sl.
• LUR † misfortune, loss ...Bk1886
• MALAPAVIS a mischance, a misfortune ...1825 Sc.
• MALE FORTUNE † misfortune ...1470-85
• MALEURTEE † misfortune ...1471
• MALHEUR † misfortune ...1471
• MELANDER a disturbance; an accident; a misfortune ...1873 Eng. dial.
• MIRE-SNIPE an accident, misfortune ...1825 Sc.
• MISCARRIAGE a misfortune ...1883 Sc.
• MISCHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISCOMFORTUNE a misfortune, mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISCOMHAP † a misfortune, mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISS FORTUNE misfortune ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON-CAST a misfortune, burden ...1897 Sc.
• OPPRESS † the act of weighing down or bearing heavily on a person, the mind, feelings, etc.; the condition of being pressed hard by misfortune, distress ...c1470
• OPPRESSION † the act of weighing down or bearing heavily on a person, the mind, feelings, etc.; the condition of being pressed hard by misfortune, distress ...1382
• PURLER a sudden dramatic misfortune or failure ...1883 colloq.
• SAINT-PETER'S NEEDLE suffering; a trial, a serious misfortune ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHOWER † a stroke of misfortune; a hardship or difficulty; an injury ...a1375
• SITHE † mishap, misfortune, trouble ...c1205
• TILLIE LICK † an unexpected misfortune or calamity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TILLIE-LICKIT † an unexpected misfortune or calamity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNCHANCE mischance, misfortune, a calamity ...a1400-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNILIMP † misfortune, mishap ...c1200
• UNISELTH † unhappiness, misfortune ...a1200
• UNLIMP † misfortune, mishap ...c1200
• UNSHIRTED HELL trouble, hell, misfortune ...1932 US sl.
• UNSITHE † mishap, misfortune ...a1250
• UNWHATE † misfortune ...a1250
• VANHAP † misfortune ...1513 Sc.
• WANCHANCE † ill-luck, misfortune ...1599 Sc.
• WANFORTUNE † misfortune ...a1500 Sc.
• WANHAP † misfortune ...1513 Sc.
• WANWEIRD † hard lot, ill fate, misfortune ...1513 Sc.
misfortune - person
• JONAH one who brings bad luck or one who suffers severe misfortune ...M19 sl.
misfortune - verbs
• BURST ONE'S BOILER to come to grief, to bring to grief; to suffer disappointment, misfortune or other trouble ...1824 US
• BUY THE RABBIT * to be unsuccessful or have misfortune; to get the worst of a deal, to fare badly ...1807 sl.
• CATCH A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune ...1925 sl.
• COME A PURLER to fall heavily head first; so suffer sudden misfortune or failure ...1908 colloq.
• COP A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune ...1925 sl.
• GET SALT to be thwarted, to encounter misfortune ...1950s US Black & W. Indies sl.
• GO THROUGH SAINT-PETER'S NEEDLE to suffer a serious misfortune ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• HAG to cast spells; to cast a spell on, to bring misfortune to ...1938 Amer. dial. DARE online
• MEET WITH THE RUBBERS to have misfortune, ill-luck ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
misfortune - interjections/phrases
• AIN'T LIFE A GRIN a cynical expression of misfortune ...1970s US college sl.
• ANOTHER DOUBLE MUG IS BROKE said when a new misfortune or disaster has occurred ...19C Eng. dial.
• DEVIL OWED HER A CAKE AND HAS PAID HER A LOAF, THE a great instead of a small misfortune has befallen her ...17C colloq.
• IN A HARD ROW OF STUMPS in a bad way ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SILLY-GRIN! an ironical exclamation imparting pain or misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
MISGIVING - adjectives
• COMPUNCTIOUS having or feeling compunction; pricking to the conscience; causing regret or misgiving; remorseful, repentant ...1605
misgiving - nouns
• GAIN-GIVING † a misgiving ...1602 obs. exc. arch.
MISGROWN - person
• BAGLIN a puny or misgrown child ...1930 Sc.
MISHANDLE - verbs
• BUGGER UP to ruin, to spoil; to damage; to make a mess of; to muddle, to mishandle ...1891
MISHAP - nouns
• ACCIDENCE † mishap, chance; fortuitous circumstance ...1393
• HAPS an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance ...c1205
• MISANTER, MISANTER a misadventure, a mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISCOMFORTUNE a misfortune, mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISCOMHAP † a misfortune, mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• SITHE † mishap, misfortune, trouble ...c1205
• UNILIMP † misfortune, mishap ...c1200
• UNLIMP † misfortune, mishap ...c1200
• UNSITHE † mishap, misfortune ...a1250
• UNTIMING † mishap, ill fortune ...c1250
MISINFORM - verbs
• FILL to fool; to provide with misinformation ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FILL UP to fool; to provide with misinformation ...1879 Amer. dial.
• MISLEAR to misinform; to lead astray ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROW ONE AN ARRE to misinform, to mislead ...1938 Amer. dial.
MISINFORMATION - nouns
• OIL lies, misinformation ...1930s sl.
• PHONY JAZZ a lie; a trick; deliberate misinformation ...1950s US Black sl.
MISLAY - verbs
• MISPUT to lose, to mislay, to misplace; to mislead ...1923 Amer. dial.
MISLEAD - nouns
• FALLIBILITY liability to err or to mislead ...1634
• LEG PULL an attempt to mislead or deceive others in a playful way or as a joke; a trick or hoax ...1893
• SHUCKING AND JIVING a not speaking or behaving seriously in an attempt to mislead ...1966 US Black sl.
mislead - verbs
• BEDWELE † to mislead, to lead into error ...c1205
• BEDWELEN † to mislead, to lead into error ...c1205
• BLOW UP to mislead, to delude ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUFF to confuse, to mislead or deter by a show of confidence or superiority; to fob off ...L18
• DRAW A PERSON'S LEG † to try to deceive or mislead another person in a playful way or as a joke ...1851 Sc.
• DUST to confuse, to mislead, to dupe ...1814 sl.
• DUST THE EYES OF to confuse, to mislead, to dupe by making 'blind'; to the actual facts of the case ...1867 sl.
• DWELL † to lead into error; to mislead, to delude; to stun, to stupefy ...c888
• FILL to hoax or mislead ...1880 Amer. sl.
• FILL UP to hoax or mislead ...1880 Amer. sl.
• FORLEAD † to seduce, to mislead ...c1000
• GAME to deceive, to mislead, to trick ...1963 US sl.
• JACK AROUND to mislead ...Bk1995 US sl.
• JARGOOZLE to mislead; to lead astray; to bamboozle ...Bk1896 sl.
• LOAD to deceive, to trick, to mislead ...1906 Amer. dial.
• LOAD UP to deceive, to trick, to mislead ...1883 Amer. dial.
• MISGUIDE to mislead, to lead astray ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISPUT to lose, to mislay, to misplace; to mislead ...1923 Amer. dial.
• RUN A SANDY ON to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1914 Amer. dial.
• RUN A SANDY OVER to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SANDBAG to feign weakness in order to mislead an opponent ...20C US sl.
• SEND ON A HOMBUG to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them ...1950s US Black sl.
• SEND ON A HUMBUG to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them ...1950s US Black sl.
• SEND ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them ...1950s US Black sl.
• SEND ON A TRIP to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them ...1950s US Black sl.
• SHIT to tease, attempt to deceive or mislead ...1934 sl.
• SHUCK to cheat, to deceive, to trick, to mislead someone ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SILE † to deceive, to beguile or mislead a person ...1508 chiefly Sc.
• THROW DUST IN THE EYES OF to confuse, to mislead, to dupe by making 'blind' to the actual facts of the case ...1612
• THROW ONE AN ARRE to misinform, to mislead ...1938 Amer. dial.
MISLEADING - adjectives
• DECEPTIOUS †* that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead; deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1606
• FALLACE †* fallacious; deceitful; deceptive, misleading ...1393
• FALLACIOUS of things: deceptive, misleading ...1651
misleading - nouns
• ABUSEMENT † an abusing or misleading ...1819
• BLA pretentious or misleading talk ...1918 sl., orig. US
• BLAH pretentious or misleading talk ...1918 sl., orig. US
• BLAH-BLAH pretentious or misleading talk ...1918 sl., orig. US
• FALLATION † a fallacy, a deceptive or misleading argument ...a1568
• MOODY pretentious or misleading talk ...1934 Brit. sl.
• MUMBO JUMBO pretentious or misleading talk ...1896 sl.
MISLED - adjectives
• MISGUIDED misled, deceived; erring, badly trained ...1823 Sc.
• ON THE WRONG TRAM misled about a thing; following the wrong course of action ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
MISMANAGE - verbs
• BLUNK to bungle; to spoil a thing; to mismanage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAIDLE † to mismanage; to do any work in a slovenly way ...1808 Sc.
• ILL-GUIDE to mismanage ...1845 Sc.
• MARGULLIE † to disfigure, to mar, to mangle; to mismanage, to abuse; to mar any business; to bungle ...1721 Sc.
• MARTYR to bungle, to mismanage, to confuse, to spoil; to work in a dirty and clumsy manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MISCOOK to mismanage any business, to bungle ...1825 Sc.
• MISGUIDE to mismanage; to waste, to squander; to mis-spend ...1792 Sc.
• MURGULLY † to disfigure, to mar, to mangle; to mismanage, to abuse ...1721 Sc.
MISMANAGED - adjectives
• SHAMBOLIC inept, mismanaged ...L20 colloq.
MISMANAGEMENT - nouns
• MALMANAGEMENT † mismanagement ...1776 Sc.
MISMANAGING - person
• DAGE a trollop; a dirty, mismanaging woman, a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
MISPLACE - verbs
• MISPUT to lose, to mislay, to misplace; to mislead ...1923 Amer. dial.
MISPRONOUNCE - verbs
• MISCALL to mispronounce in reading; to read imperfectly ...1853 Sc. & Amer. dial.
MISPRONUNCIATION - nouns
• TONGUE-TWIST mispronunciation ...1898
MISREPRESENT - verbs
• BUNK to employ misrepresentation; to defraud; to cheat; to establish confidential relations with intent to abuse the influence so acquired ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• FAKE to misrepresent ...1892 colloq.
• FIDDLE to misrepresent or fraudulently alter ...1970 sl.
MISREPRESENTATION - nouns
• BULL misrepresentation; a lie; deception ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
MISS - verbs
• BALK, BAULK † to miss by error or inadvertence ...1579
• DESIDERATE † to desire with a sense of want or regret; to feel a desire or longing for; to feel the want of; to desire, to want, to miss ...1646
• FAULT † to fail or omit to do something; to miss one's aim ...1522
• LAME TALE an excuse; a false story; a misrepresentation ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MANKIE to fail; to miss ...1882 Sc.
• MISS EVERY HAIR OF HIS HEAD to miss anyone very much ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANT † to feel the loss of, to miss ...1623
MISSED - adjectives
• MUFFED bungled; clumsily spoilt, missed ...c1860 Brit. sl.
• NIBBY-GIBBY narrowly escaped or missed ...1854 Eng. dial.
MISSHAPEN - adjectives
• ABNORMOUS irregular, misshapen ...1742
• SHAMBLE ungainly, awkward; misshapen, esp. of the legs...E17 rare
• THRAWN twisted, distorted, misshapen; uneven; of the brow: knitted ...1721 Sc.
• WANSHAPEN † misshapen, deformed ...a1300
misshapen - nouns
• NEEP anything ugly or misshapen ...1866 Sc.
MISSILE - nouns
• AUNTIE an antimissile missile ...20C US Air Force usage
• DINGBAT something thrown or fired with force; a bullet; a cannonball; a flying missile ...1877 Amer. dial.
• EJACULATION † the act of hurling missiles; the spouting out of water ...1610
• FACE-SHOT an air-to-air guided missile ...1991 US sl.
• GANYIE † an arrow, or similar missile, esp. a crossbow-bolt ...c1425 Sc.
• PACKET a bullet or missile ...1910s sl., orig. military
• POP to throw or shoot a missile; to aim or impel an object ...1827 Sc.
missile - verbs
• ASSHOLE of a guided missile: to strike a jet aircraft squarely from behind ...1986 US military sl.
• PALT 1. † to strike with repeated blows of missiles; to assail with missiles ...1579
2. † to deliver repeated blows; to discharge missiles ...1606
• POP to strike with a missile, to pelt ...1894 Sc.
• WALK A CAT BACK to trace a missile back to its launch site ...1991 US Gulf war usage
MISSING - adjectives
• ADRIFT missing ...L18 sl.
• AMISSING missing, wanting ...L16 chiefly Sc.
• AWOL missing; absent without leave ...1920 Brit. sl., orig. military
missing - verbs
• GO FOR A BURTON of a person or thing: to be missing, ruined, or destroyed ...1946 sl.
• WANT † to be a defaulter; to be absent or missing ...1435
missing - phrases
• UP IN NELLY'S ROOM BEHIND THE WALLPAPER the presumed location of something missing or lost ...2003 Ireland sl.
MISSION - nouns
• MISH a mission ...20C Brit. public schools' usage
MISSIONARY - person
• BIBLE-BACK a sanctimonious, holier-than-thou person; hence, a clergyman, missionary, or proselytizer ...1840 sl.
• BLACK ROBE esp. among North American Indians: a Christian priest, esp. a missionary ...1811 Can.
• MISH a missionary ...L19 Brit. sl.
• MISSION STIFF a missionary worker ...L19 US sl.
• SOUL-SNATCHER a preacher, a missionary ...L19 sl.
• SOUL-SNAVELLER a preacher, a missionary ...L19 sl.
MISSISSIPPI - nouns
• AL a mythical alligator of the Mississippi River ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BIG MUDDY the Mississippi River ...1846 US
• CHIMNEYVILLE Jackson, Mississippi after it had been burned to the extent that all that was left of many buildings were their brick chimneys; a Union army term ...US Civil War usage
• OLD MUDDY the Mississippi or Missouri river ...1846 US sl.
• SIP the state of Mississippi ...1970 US sl.
Mississippi - person
• ALLIGATOR an inhabitant or native of the Mississippi region ...1837
• BEAT OFFICER in Alabama & Mississippi: a local official serving a particular beat (the principal subdivision of a county) ...1846 US
• MUD-CAT (jocular or derogatory) an inhabitant of Mississippi ...1872 Amer. dial.
• MUD-RAT (jocular or derogatory) an inhabitant of Mississippi ...1981 Amer. dial.
• TADPOLE a native of Mississippi ...1845 US sl.
MISSOURI - nouns
• BIG MUDDY the Missouri river ...1825 US
• LITTLE KOREA Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; based on a comparison of the climates ...1968 US sl.
• MIZZOO Missouri; the Missouri River ...1899 US sl.
• OLD MUDDY the Mississippi or Missouri river ...1846 US sl.
• ST. JO Saint Joseph, Missouri ...M19 US tramps' sl.
• ST. JOE Saint Joseph, Missouri ...M19 US tramps' sl.
• ST. LOO Saint Louis, Missouri ...L19 US sl.
• ST. LOOIE Saint Louis, Missouri ...L19 US sl.
Missouri - person
• PIKE a person from Missouri ...1854 Amer. dial.
• PIKER a person from Missouri ...1907 Amer. dial.
• PUKE a native of Missouri ...M19 Amer. colloq.
MISSPEAK - verbs
• MISCALL to speak incorrectly, to misspeak ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MISMEAN to misspeak, to make a mistake ...1899 Amer. dial.
MISSPEND - verbs
• MIS-SPENE † to misspend, misemploy ...c1300
MISSTATE - verbs
• BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate ...19C Sc.
MIST, MISTINESS, MISTY - adjectives
• AND sea-mist ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BANGY of weather: drizzling, overcast; misty; stormy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CALIGINOUS misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark ...1548 now arch.
• DAGGIE drizzling, moist, misty ...1825 Sc.
• DAGGING of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DAGGY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMPISH † vaporous, foggy, misty ...1577
• DAMPY † full of vapour or mist; foggy ...1600
• DINGY misty, rainy ...1879 Eng. dial.
• FAT * of air, mist, etc.: charged with moisture or odours ...1659
• FOGGISH † somewhat foggy or misty ...1686
• HAARY misty, foggy ...1818 Sc.
• HAGGY misty from the frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAITCHY misty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a mist, a fog or drizzle coming up with the tide from the sea ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HAURY misty, foggy ...1818 Sc.
• MISTY-MOISTY of the weather: misty, foggy; threatening rain ...1856 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLETY misty, drizzling ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLY misty, drizzling ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NEBULOSE cloudy, misty, indistinct ...1799
• NEBULOSE †* resembling a cloud or mist; inclined to be foggy or misty ...c1420
• NEBULOUS * cloudy, foggy, misty, dank ...1386
• RAFTY misty, wet, cold, draughty ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGGLIE wet and misty ...1955 Sc.
• RAGGY misty, stormy and cold, with drizzling rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAWK misty, foggy ...B1900 Sc.
• RAWKY misty, foggy, damp, raw and cold ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAWMY misty ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROKY foggy, misty ...LME now Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAUMY misty, hazy; of an imperfect or disagreeable colour ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCUDDY misty, showery, foggy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• STRUNTY misty, foggy ...1879 Sc.& Eng. dial.
• THAGGY thick and misty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THICK of the weather: cloudy, misty, foggy ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THONKY dank, misty, rainy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TROUBLY † of air, etc.: misty, murky, cloudy, not clear ...c1380
mist, mistiness, misty - nouns
• DAG a wet fog, a mist ...1808 Eng. dial.
• DAMP † visible vapour; fog, mist ...1601
• GUM † mist, vapour ...1513 Sc.
• HAAR a wet mist or fog; esp. applied on the east coast of England and Scotland, from Lincolnshire northwards, to a cold sea-fog ...1671 Eng. dial.
• HADDER a heavy mist or bank of fog ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAG a thick white mist or fog ...1794 Eng. dial.
• HAZE-FIRE brilliantly luminous mist ...1842
• JERRY a fog, or mist ...1819 thieves' sl.
• MAIDS-O'-MIST drifting wisps of mist, believed to be supernatural beings ...1932 Sc.
• MIRK-DRIFE a fine driving snow or mist ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISK a mist, a fog ...1881 Eng. dial.
• MIZZLING a very fine rain, drizzle, mist ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MOKE a mist, a fog; thick, close, foggy weather ...1866 Eng. dial.
• MUG a mist, a fog; a light rain or drizzle; a dull, damp, or gloomy atmosphere ...a1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEBULA fog, mist ...1894
• NEBULE a cloud; a mist or fog ...c1420
• NEBULOUSNESS cloudiness, mistiness ...1653
• OOTHER a light morning mist or haze; the flickering haze that rises from the ground on a warm day ...1818 Sc.
• OREGON DEW a light rain or mist; used ironically, a prolonged rain ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OREGON MIST a light rain or mist; used ironically, a prolonged rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OTTER-DRIZZLE a fine mist ...1933 Amer. dial.
• PAN a heavy pall of mist ...1908 Sc.
• PARL a thick mist, a fog ...1818 Sc.
• PARLE a thick mist, a fog ...1818 Sc.
• RABBIT DEW mist; the low mist that arises after a quick cool rain shower during very hot weather ...1987 Amer. dial.
• RACK † driving mist or fog ...a1300
• RAFT a damp mist ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAG fog, mist, accompanied by drizzling rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGER a light drifting mist; a drizzle ...1908 Sc.
• RAGGLE a light drifting mist; a drizzle ...1908 Sc.
• RAWK a mist, a sea fog ...1854 Eng. dial.
• REEK a smoke-like vapour; steam, fog, mist; also, dust ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROKE mist, fog; drizzle ...ME now Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RUG drizzling rain; wet mist; also, wet weather ...c1540 Sc.
• SCAM a film of vapour, a haze, mist, or shadow ...1824 Sc.
• SCAUM a thin haze, a light, misty vapour ...1824 Sc.
• SCOTCH DEW a mist ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOTCH DRIZZLE a mist ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SKEW a drizzling rain; a driving mist ...1839 Eng. dial.
• SMIRR a drizzle or wet mist; a fog almost as heavy as a rain ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SMUR, SMURR a drizzle or wet mist; a fog almost as heavy as a rain ...1914 Amer. dial.
• THICKNESS fog, mist ...1898 Sc.
• ULE a sultry heat, warm vapour, esp. mist rising from the ground or the sea on a warm day; heat from a fire ...1866 Sc.
mist, mistiness, misty - verbs
• BEMIST to overtake with mist ...1609
• DAMP † to envelop in a fog or mist ...1629
• NEBULIZE * to reduce to a mist or spray ...1872
• RAWK to grow misty; to become foggy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROKE to be foggy or misty; to drizzle ...E17 now Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAUM to envelope in a mist or haze; to shade ...1871 Sc.
• SKEW to have the vision obstructed by mist ...1842
MISTAKE - adjectives (also see MISTAKEN)
• MISTAKEFUL * full of mistakes ...1880
• OFF THE TRACK misbehaving, making mistakes, being inconsistent ...20C sl.
• OFF TRACK misbehaving, making mistakes, being inconsistent ...20C sl.
mistake - nouns
• APPLE-KNOCKER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAD BREAK an error; a serious mistake; a blunder ...1883 US
• BALK † a slip, a mistake, a blunder ...c1430
• BARNABY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARNEY an error, a mistake, a blunder; a piece of bad workmanship ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAULK † a slip, a mistake, a blunder ...c1430
• BEEF a mistake ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BEEFSTEAK a mistake, a blunder ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BISH a mistake ...c1925 UK school usage
• BLOB a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BLOOMER a very great mistake; an error; a failure ...1889 sl.
• BLUE a mistake or error, a blunder ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLUNDERHEAD an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUP a misfortune or mistake owing to want of foresight ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1887 Eng. dial.
• BONE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEHEAD an error; a mistake; a blunder ...1918 Amer. dial.
• BONEHEAD BUTCH an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEHEADER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEHEAD MOVE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEHEAD PLAY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONER a stupid mistake ...E20 sl., orig.
• BOOB an error, a blunder, a foolish mistake ...1959 sl.
• BOO-BOO a foolish mistake ...E20 sl., orig. US
• BOOB STUNT an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREAK an error, blunder or mistake, often in a social situation; an inappropriate act or word, a faux pas ...1884 Amer. dial.
• BREAKER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRODIE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUST an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUTCH a mistake, a blunder, an error; in radio & TV: an error made in delivering lines ...1942 US sl.
• CLANGER a faux pas, a mistake, esp. one that attracts attention ...1948 sl.
• CLINKER a mistake or fault, esp. a wrong note in music ...1934 US & Can. sl.
• CLUCK an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CROPPER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEFAULT † a failure in what is attempted; an error, mistake ...c1386
• DUMB PLAY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMB TRICK an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMMY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAUX a mistake ...1980s US college sl.
• FLOATER a mistake, a 'bloomer' ...1913 sl.
• FOOL ACT an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOOL MISTAKE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOOL MOVE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOUL an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOX'S PAW a mistake, a blunder (French faux pas) ...L18
• GAFU a colossal mistake; a God Almighty Fuck-Up ...1998 NZ sl.
• GOOF a mistake ...1960s US sl.
• GRANNY a mistake, an error ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HOWLER a funny mistake ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMMER a minor mistake ...1959 US sl.
• IGNOTISM † a mistake due to ignorance ...1737
• JEOFAIL † a mistake or error generally ...1546
• LEFT-TURN an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MASH a muddle, a mistake ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESSY BOBBLE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISBOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1912 Amer. dial.
• MISCOBOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MISCUE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISCUEBOBBLE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISDEAL a mistake ...L19 US sl.
• MISDO a mistake ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISFIRE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISKEN a mistake, misunderstanding ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISKUBOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1911 Amer. dial.
• MISLICK a poorly delivered or badly aimed stroke or blow; hence a mistake, or error ...1859 Amer. dial.
• MISS an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIS-SCRIPT * a mistake in writing; a misspelling ...1817-19
• MISSMENT an error; a mistake; a blunder ...a1863 Eng. dial.
• MOPPLE a blunder, a mistake ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MOUSETAKE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUFF an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ODD NUMBER a mistake, an error of judgement, a disadvantage ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PENNY BANGER a mistake, a blunder...1958 rhyming sl. for 'clanger'
• PIGS mistakes, a mess ...20C Royal Air Force sl.
• RAFFLE a mistake ...19C rhyming sl. for 'ricket' (raffle ticket)
• RAFFLE TICKET a mistake ...19C rhyming sl. for 'ricket'
• RAFFLINGS mistakes; miscalculations ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• SCREWY MOVE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCREWY PLAY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKEWGEE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLIP-UP an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRIP-UP an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRONGER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRONGGO a mistake, error, or lie ...1930s sl., orig. US
• WRONG NUMBER a mistaken idea ...1920s US sl.
• WRONGO a mistake, error, or lie ...1930s sl., orig. US
• WRONG RIFF a mistake, a blunder ...1930s US Black sl.
mistake - person
• GOOF someone who makes mistakes or wastes time ...1950s Amer. sl.
mistake - verbs (includes MISTAKEN)
• BACK THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken; to make an inappropriate choice ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARK UP THE WRONG TREE to choose the wrong person to deal with, or the wrong course of action; to mistake an aim ...Bk2004 Amer. colloq.
• BE ALL WET to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEEF to make a mistake ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BE FULL OF PRUNES to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE IN THE WRONG BOX to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE IN THE WRONG PEW to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE OFF YOUR EGGS to make a mistake, to be on the wrong tack ...1844 Sc.
• BLOB to make a mistake ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BLOW to make a mistake ...Bk1995 US sl.
• BLOW IT BIG TIME to make a terrible mistake ...Bk1995 US sl.
• BLOW ONE'S STACK to get excited and make a series of mistakes ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BOBBLE to make a slight turn or twist from a direct or straight line; hence; to make a break or mistake ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BOOB to make a foolish mistake ...M20 sl.
• BREAK THE MOLASSES JUG to make a mistake and come to grief ...19C Amer.
• CHUMP OUT to make a mistake; to blunder ...1960s US Black sl.
• COME A GUTZER to come a cropper; to make a mistake ...1918 Air Force sl.
• COUNT ONE'S EGGS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACK THE BELL to fail, to muddle things, to make a mistake, to ruin it ...1909 Cockneys' sl.
• CUT A HOG to make an embarrassing mistake; to blunder, to make a mess of things ...1935 US Black sl.
• DROP A CLANGER to make a social faux pas, to make a mistake that attracts attention ...1942
• DROP A GOOLIE to make a mistake ...1961 UK sl.
• DROP AN OAR IN THE WATER to make a mistake ...1998 UK sl.
• DROP ONE'S CANDY to make a big blunder or serious mistake; to do something to cause the failure of a plan ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• DULL to make a mistake, miscalculation, or stupid blunder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FALL DOWN (ON) to make a bad mistake or error; to blunder ...c1935 colloq.
• FALL FLAT ON ONE'S FACE to make an embarrassing mistake, failed attempt, catastrophic decline, etc. ...1970s Amer. sl.
• FALL ON ONE'S FACE to make an embarrassing mistake, failed attempt, catastrophic decline, etc. ...1970s Amer. sl.
• FAULT to make a mistake, to be in error, to blunder ...1530 obs.
• FAUX to make a mistake ...1980s US college sl.
• FIRE INTO THE WRONG FLOCK to be mistaken; to blunder; to 'bark up the wrong tree' ...1835 Amer. dial.
• FLUNK to fail; to blunder; to make a mistake ...L19 US sl.
• GET IN BAD to make a mistake or false move ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET THE WRONG END OF THE TETHER to make a mistake; to misunderstand ...1884 Eng. dial.
• GET THE WRONG BULL BY THE HORNS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET THE WRONG PIG BY THE EAR to make a mistake ...1546 colloq.
• GET THE WRONG PIG BY THE TAIL to make a mistake in selection ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GET THE WRONG SOW BY THE EAR to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOF to blunder, to make a mistake ...1940s sl.
• GO OFF THE RAILS to blunder, to make a mistake ...L19 sl.
• GOOF IT to blunder, to make a mistake ...1940s sl.
• GOOF UP to make a big mistake ...Bk1995 US sl.
• HALLUCINATE † to be deceived, to suffer illusion, to entertain false notions, to blunder, to mistake ...1652 obs. or arch.
• HARPOON A BOTTLE-NOSE to make a gross mistake ...1849-50 Ireland
• HAVE ANOTHER GUESS COMING to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE BEEN READING BOOKS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE THE WRONG SLANT to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET THE HOGS OUT vb. to make an embarrassing mistake ...1954 Amer. dial.
• LET THE MULES OUT to make an embarrassing mistake ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MAFFLE to blunder, to make mistakes, to muddle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A BLUE to make a mistake or error; to blunder ...1961 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAKE A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MIFF to blunder; to make a mistake; to botch something ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MISDOUBT to mistake, to be mistaken ...1891 Sc.
• MISKEN to mistake, not to recognize, to be ignorant of; to ignore, to disown, to refuse to notice ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISMEAN to misspeak, to make a mistake ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MISS STAYS to fail, to make a mistake ...1907 Amer. dial.
• MISSTAY to fail, to make a mistake ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MISS THE CUSHION † to miss the mark; to make a mistake; to err; to fail in an attempt ...c1525
• PAY ONE'S DUES to pay for making a mistake ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PLAY WHALEY to blunder, to fail; to play havoc with something; to spoil, to ruin; to make a mistake ...1897 Amer. dial.
• PULL A BONER to make a stupid mistake ...US sl.
• PULL A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PULL THE WRONG PIG BY THE EAR to make a mistake ...1546 colloq.
• PULL THE WRONG SOW BY THE EAR to make a mistake ...1546 colloq.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT IN ONE'S MOUTH to make an embarrassing verbal mistake, discomfiting oneself as well as the hearer ...1940s sl.
• PUT THE SADDLE ON THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT AT A PIGEON AND KILL A CROW to blunder wilfully; to make a mistake ...1869
• SHOOT ONE'S GRANDMOTHER to make a great mistake; to be disappointed; to think you have discovered what was well known before ...1855 Amer.
• SKID(S) to blunder, to make a mistake, to decline ...1920s US sl.
• SLIP UP to make a mistake ...1855 US sl.
• TAKE A STINK FOR A NOSEGAY to be extremely gullible; to mistake egregiously ...B1900
• UPTRIP to cause someone to make a mistake or commit a fault ...1856 Amer. dial.
mistake - interjections/phrases
• HAIR IN ONE'S NECK, A a hold over someone, generally arising from a mistake or shortcoming which can be used against one's reputation, etc. ...1818 Sc.
• MY BAD used to acknowledge responsibility for a mistake ...L20 US colloq.
• OOPSIE DOODLES! exclamation used when making a mistake, tripping, etc.
MISTAKEN - adjectives
• ALL WET entirely confused or wrong; mistaken ...1923
• FALLIBLE of persons or their faculties: liable to be deceived or mistaken; liable to err ...1430
• MISAGAFT mistaken, misgiven ...1691 Eng. dial.
• OFFBEAT adj. mistaken, wrong, in error ...1958 US sl.
• OFFEN ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF IT mistaken ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S BASE insane, crazy, confused, muddled, mistaken ...1891 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong; mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S CABASE mistaken (cabase = head) ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S EGGS straying; hence, wide of the mark, incorrect, inaccurate, mistaken, in error ...1792 Sc.
• OFF THE RAILS errant, mistaken ...L19 sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S BOX crazy, insane; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1966 Amer. dial.
• UP THE POLE muddled, confused, wrong, in error, mistaken ...L19 sl.
mistaken - adverbs
• ALL OUT mistaken ...Bk1898 Sc. sl.
mistaken - nouns
• WANTROKING † despair; false or mistaken expectation ...c1315
mistaken - person
• FALLIBLE * one who is mistaken ...1705
mistaken - verbs
• HAVE ANOTHER GUESS COMING to be wrong or mistaken ...1942 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE WRONG PIG BY THE EAR to take an incorrect view; to arrive at the wrong conclusion, solution, etc.; to be mistaken ...1536
• PLAY A DEAD ONE to waste one's time; to act mistakenly ...M19 sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S GRANDMOTHER to be mistaken, or to be disappointed; to imagine oneself you have discovered what was well known before ...1855 sl.
mistaken - phrases
• IT UNGANGS ME I am deceived; I am mistaken ...1768 Sc. obs.
MISTAKENLY - adverbs
• ADWOLE † in error, erroneously, mistakenly ...a1250
MISTLETOE - nouns
• MISSEL † mistletoe ...a1425
• CARKING † miserly, niggardly ...1748 obs. or arch.
• CHEAPSKATE miserly ...1903 US sl.
• CHINCHY stingy, miserly, niggardly, penurious ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CHINCY, CHINSY miserly, stingy ...1940 Amer. sl.
• CHINTZ miserly, stingy ...1963 Amer. sl.
• CHINTZY miserly, stingy ...1902
• CLUTCH-FIST miserly ...a1643
• GAIR eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly ...1719 Sc.
• GARE eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly ...1719 Sc.
• GRAFTY stingy, miserly ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GRIPPLE-MINDED † of a miserly, greedy, or grasping disposition ...1626
• HAIVERY miserly, greedy of money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD close-fisted, grasping, penurious, miserly; covetous ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARD-BACKED miserly, stingy, noted for driving hard bargains ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARD-HANDED † miserly, parsimonious ...1587
• HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious ...1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• IRON-FISTED close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, miserly, stingy, mean ...1826
• MEASLY mean, miserly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MEECHY greedy in money matters; miserly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MINGY-MINDED mean, stingy, niggardly, miserly ...1959 colloq.
• MISDEEDED miserly, covetous ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISERABLE miserly, stingy; greedy, covetous ...1853 Eng. dial.
• MISERD miserly, parsimonious ...1825 Sc.
• MISERTISH miserly, avaricious ...1824 Sc.
• MISERTLY miserly, avaricious ...Bk1903 N. Ireland
• NABALISTIC † churlish; miserly ...1659
• NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous ...1616
• NEAR-BEGAUN niggardly, miserly ...1789 Sc.
• NEAR-BEGONE niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• NEAR-BEHADDIN niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NEAR-FISTED niggardly, miserly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NEAR-GAWN niggardly, miserly ...1773 Sc.
• NEAR-GOING niggardly, miserly ...1773 Sc.
• NEETY miserly, stingy, niggardly ...1892 Sc. & Ireland
• NICKEL-NURSING miserly ...1910s US sl.
• NIGGISH † niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious ...1542
• NIPCHEESE mean, miserly, niggardly ...1819
• NIPPING † miserly, niggardly, mean, hard-natured ...1808 Sc.
• NIRPID miserly, stingy ...1899 Sc.
• NITTIE miserly, stingy, niggardly ...1892 Sc.
• NIZZLIN greedy, niggardly, miserly, wasting time on trifles as a result of greed ...1808 Sc.
• PARTAN-HANDED close-fisted, stingy, mean, miserly, grasping, tight-fisted ...1823 Sc.
• PENURIOUS extremely stingy; miserly ...1590
• RHINY miserly, close-fisted; too stingy to be clean ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAVE-ALL parsimonious, stingy, miserly ...1812
• SCALY miserly, stingy, mean; thievish, dishonest, tricky ...1851 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE-GOOD † miserly, stingy, avaricious ...a1693
• SCRIMY stingy, miserly, niggardly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SKINFLINTY niggardly, miserly ...1901
• SKINNY mean, miserly, niggardly, stingy ...1833
• SNUDGE mean, miserly, crabby ...1855 Eng. dial.
miser, miserliness, miserly - nouns
• CHINCHERY † niggardliness, miserliness, avarice ...c1386
• EUCLIONISM †* stinginess, miserliness ...1599
• MISERDOM the habits and practices of a miser ...1887
• MISERHOOD * miserliness ...1867
• MISERISM * miserliness ...1798
• SKINFLINTINESS niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1861
• SKINFLINTISM niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony ...1893
miser, miserliness, miserly - person
• ANOINTER a miser, a skinflint ...1892 Eng. dial.
• BAGGER † a miser; he who encloses in bags ...1740
• BEAR a grasping person; a miser ...1989 US sl.
• BITE a miserly person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BITE-FIG a miserly person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOG POCKET a tightwad, a miser ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CHEAP-SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain ...1899 Amer. dial.
• CHEAPSKATE a miserly person; a stingy person ...1896 US
• CHINCE a stingy or miserly person ...1949 Amer. sl.
• CHINCH a miserly or mean person; a stingy person ...a1300
• CHINTZ a stingy or miserly person ...a1989 Amer. sl.
• CIMBICK a miserly fellow; a miser, a niggard ...19C
• CLUNCHFIST † a miser, a niggardly person, one who is close-fisted ...1606
• CLUSTERFIST a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard ...1652
• CLUTCH-FIST a miser, a niggard ...17C
• CORBIE a miserly, grasping person ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• CUM-TWANG † term of abuse, reproach, or contempt; apparently, a miser ...1599
• DRY-FIST † a miserly, niggardly, stingy or parsimonious person ...1604
• DRY-HASH a miser; also, a loafer ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DRYSIDES a grasping, miserly fellow ...19C Eng. dial.
• EARTHWORM a mean or grovelling or servile person - a covetous, grasping person - a miser - a sordid wretch ...1594
• GATHERER † one who gathers wealth, as opposed to 'spender' or 'waster'; a miser ...a1513
• GEAR-GATHERER a money-making man; a hoarder of wealth ...1825
• GIELANGER, GILAINGER † a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler; a miser ...1590 Sc.
• GIVER FROM FALL RIVER a miser ...Bk1945 jive usage
• GLOBBER a miser ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• GLUBBER † a miser ...B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GREEDYGUT a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GREEDYGUTS a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person ...1942 Amer. dial.
• GRIPE-PENNY † a niggardly fellow, a miser ...1860
• HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person ...1855
• HALF-SIR a churl; a miser ...1843 Ireland
• HARD-FIST a miserly person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HASPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HESPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man ...1781 Eng. dial.
• HOG-GRUBBER † a mean, stingy, sneaking fellow; a close-fisted fellow; a miser, a niggard ...a1700
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• KIKE (derogatory) a Jew, esp. one considered greedy, miserly, stingy, dishonest, untrustworthy, or shrewd; hence, any person thought to have such characteristics ...1904 Amer. dial.
• KUMBIX † a miser, a niggard ...1857
• LICKPENNY † one who 'licks up' the pennies; a greedy, covetous person; a miser; a spendthrift; an extortioner ...a1400
• MISERD a miser, a close-fisted, avaricious person ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MOKERAD †* a miser; a deceiver ...a1400
• MOKERARD †* a miser ...a1400
• MOKERERS † misers ...Bk1872
• MONEY-CODGER †* a miser ...1818
• MONEY-HUGGER a miser; a lover of money ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• MONEY-MISER † one who hoards wealth, and spends as little money as possible; a skinflint, a miserly person ...1650
• MOOLY PENNY a nickname for a miser ...1865 Sc.
• MORKIN-GNOFF †* a miser ...1602
• MOSS DOG a miser, a stingy fellow ...1925 sl.
• MUCKERER †* one who hoards wealth, or scrapes money together; a miser, niggard ...1303
• MUCKWORM a selfish wretch; a miser ...16C colloq.
• MUGLARD †* a miser ...c1440
• NABAL a churlish or miserly person; a narrow-minded, greedy person ...1604
• NABALITE † a churlish or miserly person ...1645
• NABBLE a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1792 Sc.
• NABBLER a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser ...1911 Sc.
• NAGAS, NAGUS * a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person - a miserly person ...1508 Sc.
• NAGRE a niggardly or miserly person ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
• NAGUR, NAIGUR a niggardly or miserly person ...Bk1950 Ireland
• NICKEL NURSER a miser ...1910s US sl.
• NICKEL SQUEEZER a mean, miserly person ...1920s US sl.
• NICK-THE-BANE a miser, a niggard ...1964 Sc.
• NIGON † a parsimonious person, a niggard, a miser ...1303
• NIPCHEESE a mean or miserly person; a parsimonious, covetous person; a skinflint ...1825
• NIPFARTHING † a mean miser; a skinflint; a niggardly person ...1566
• NIRP a miser ...1908 Sc.
• OAF a miser ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD FILE a miser ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD FLINT a miser ...M19 sl.
• OLD HUDDLE a miser ...M16 sl.
• OLD HUDDLE AND TWANG a miser ...M16 sl.
• OLD HUNX a dirty old man; a miser ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PENNY-FATHER † a man who is too careful of his pence; an old miser, a niggard, a skinflint, a parsimonious person ...1549
• PENNY PINCHER a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person ...1920
• PIG a miser, a stingy or greedy person ...1951 Amer. dial.
• PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser ...1648-60
• PINCH-COMMONS one who stints the supply of food for himself or others; a parsimonious or stingy person; a miser, a niggard ...1822
• PINCH-FART † a miserly or stingy person; a niggard ...1592
• PINCHPENNY † a miser, a niggard, a skinflint; a covetous man ...c1412
• SAVE-ALL a niggardly, stingy, miserly person ...1785
• SCAB a stingy person; a miser ...1987 Aust. sl.
• SCHLAPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SCHLEPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SCRAE, SKRAE, SKRAY a miser, a skinflint ...1940 Sc.
• SCRAPE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser ...a1790
• SCRAPE-DAYTIONS a careful, miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE-DISH a careful, miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE-GOOD † a miser, a niggard, a covetous person ...1611
• SCRAPE-HARD a miser ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPE-PENNY † one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person; a miserly, stingy person; a niggard ...1584
• SCRAPIE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRAPPER a miser; a penurious, niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT a saving, industrious person; a mean, niggardly, contemptible fellow; a miser ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAT-PENNY a greedy, miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRATTER a saving, thrifty, or miserly person ...1881 Eng. dial.
• SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SCRIMP a miser; a skinflint; a mean, niggardly person ...Bk1904 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCRINGE a searcher; esp. a child or animal who searches out things not intended for him; a mean, miserly person ...1892 Sc.
• SCROACKER a miserly person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHARE-PENNY †* one who would shear a penny; a mean person of the worst kind; a niggard, a miser ...1606
• SHITE-STICKS † a mean, miserly fellow ...1659
• SHIT-STICKS †* a miser ...1598 sl.
• SHLEPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SHORT JOHN a niggardly, miserly, or stingy person; one who does things in a cheap style ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SILVER-HIDER † a miser ...1611
• SKITE a cross or unlikable man, somewhat miserly, or inclined to be dishonest in money matters ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SNIBBLE-NOSE one who would save even the droppings of his nose; a term of reproach for a mean-spirited, covetous person; a niggardly miser ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SNICKET † a miser, a stingy, saving person ...1703 Eng. dial.
• SNUDGE † a mean, avaricious person; a niggard, a miser, a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow ...1545 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SPLACK-NUCK a miser ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SPUNG a miser ...Bk1889 sl.
• VINEGAR PISSER a miser; a mean person ...E17 sl.
• VIP a miser ...1930s Aust. sl.
• VOLPONE † a cunning schemer or miser; a hoarder of wealth ...1710
• WARNOUR † a miser, a wretch, a niggard ...1513 Sc.
• WORLD'S WORM a miser; a niggardly person ...1786 Sc.
• YETHGRUB a slave to covetousness; a miser ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• YETHMAWK a slave to covetousness; a miser ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• YETHWORM a slave to covetousness; a miser ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
miser, miserliness, miserly - verbs
• HAVE THE HARD DROP IN ONE to be miserly or penurious ...1848 Ireland
• MISE † to be miserly ...1579
• MIZE to act like a miser; to hoard money ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NIRP to withhold in a miserly fashion ...1964 Sc.
• SNUDGE † to be miserly, stingy, or saving ...c1540
MISERABLE - adjectives (includes MISERABLE-LOOKING)
• BAD-HEARTED melancholy, miserable, down-hearted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful ...c1325 arch.
• BLUE miserable, melancholy, dejected ...a1450
• CAITIFF vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, miserable, wretched ...a1300
• DAUNY, DAWNEY, DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health ...Bk1900 Irish usage
• DAWLSOME dull, dreary, miserable; nauseating ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEAD ALIVE miserable, down in the mouth ...M19 sl.
• DEAD AND ALIVE miserable, down in the mouth ...M19 sl.
• DICKY poorly; out of sorts; poor; miserable ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
• DOG-BOLT † wretched, miserable, mean, base, degraded, contemptible ...1580
• DONNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking ...Irish usage
• DOWLY doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely ...LME N. Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELENGELY † solitary, cheerless, miserable, dejected ...c1305
• FEEBLE † of a period, event, etc.: miserable, ill-starred, unhappy ...1297
• FRIDAY-FACED † sad-looking, melancholy, gloomy, sour-featured, miserable, gloomy ...c1600
• HAPPY AS A BASTARD ON FATHER'S DAY miserable, depressed ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• HAPPY AS A BOXING KANGAROO IN FOG utterly miserable ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial ...c825
• ILL-OFF poor, miserable, ill-used ...1891 Sc.
• IN THE MOPES feeling miserable ...E19 sl.
• KAGOU looking miserable, unenthusiastic, 'sorry for oneself' ...20C W. Indies sl.
• MIMSY miserable and flimsy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIS miserable ...L19 sl.
• MISEASY † miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable ...c1290
• MISER, MYSER † miserable, wretched ...1542
• MISERABLE AS A BANDICOOT most unhappy, miserable ...1888 Aust. sl.
• MISERABLE AS A SHAG ON A ROCK very miserable ...1845 Aust. colloq.
• MISEROUS † miserable ...c1475
• MISHAPPY † unhappy, miserable, sad, wretched ...c1386
• MIZ miserable ...L19 sl.
• MOPEY AS A WET HEN miserable, gloomy ...20C Aust. & NZ sl.
• OFF ONE'S FEED depressed, miserable, nervous ...M19 sl.
• OORIE of persons and things: dismal, gloomy, miserable-looking from cold or illness; cold and cheerless, depressing, dejected ...1785 Sc.
• OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected ...1869 Sc.
• OORLICK of persons: miserable-looking from cold, hunger, or illness; pinched, haggard, shivery, out-of-sorts ...1768 Sc.
• OOZLY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down ...1824 Sc.
• OOZLY-LOOKING slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down ...1824 Sc.
• OURIE of persons and things: dismal, gloomy, miserable-looking from cold or illness; cold and cheerless, depressing, dejected ...1785 Sc.
• OUSLEY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down ...1824 Sc.
• OZELLY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down ...1824 Sc.
• RASCALLY wretched, miserable, mean ...1606
• SAT-UPON depressed, miserable ...L19 sl.
• SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SEEDY wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SUFFRETOUS † needy, in want, miserable ...c1450
• TINPOT wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TINPOTTY wretched, miserable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNBLESTFUL † unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune ...1608
• UNCOMFORTLESS † miserable ...1598
• UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNLUCKY depressed, miserable ...1889 Eng. dial.
• VENGEABLE † miserable, wretched ...c1430
• WALLOWISH pinched and miserable-looking; faint from hunger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANLICHE † miserable, wretched ...1205
• WANSOME † miserable, unhappy ...c1250
• WELSH pinched and miserable-looking; faint from hunger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
miserable - nouns
• FACE LIKE A SEA-BOOT, A a long-drawn 'fathom of misery'; a miserable or glum face ...c1930 sl.
• FACE LIKE A SLAPPED ARSE, A a very miserable-looking countenance ...1999 UK sl.
• FACE LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER, A a 'long' face; a miserable or glum face ...20C colloq.
• SCREWTON-NEWTONS a miserable feeling in mind and body; a fit of the dumps, a gloomy, melancholy state of mind ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
miserable - person
• 'APPY DAY a miserable, pessimistic type, a grumbler of the worst kind ...Bk1950 Royal Navy sl.
• BRETHEL † a worthless fellow; a good-for-nothing wretch; a miserable wretch ...c1440
• CAITIFF † a wretched, miserable person; a poor wretch; one in a piteous case ...c1325
• DEATH'S HEAD a miserable, impoverished, emaciated person ...L18 sl.
• DEATH'S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK a poor, miserable, emaciated fellow ...1794
• FACE-ACHE an ugly, irritating, or miserable-looking person ...Bk1988 Aust. & Brit. sl.
• FAGGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman ...1591
• FRIDAY-FACE - † a grave, dismal, or gloomy expression of the countenance; a gloomy, dejected-looking or miserable-looking man or woman ...1592
• GAWDELPUS an ineffectual, useless, or incompetent person; a generally miserable looking person ...1908 sl.
• HAPPY BOLLOCKS a miserable man ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
• HAPPY-PRATT a miserable woman ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
• HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man ...1602
• LAZY-ASS SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• MISER † a wretch, a miserable person ...1820 Sc.
• MIZZOG a miserable person ...Bk2004 Brit. sl.
• MOPE a dim-witted, dreamy, or miserable person ...M16 sl.
• NANNY PINCH-POT a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch ...1893 Eng. dial.
• OBJECT a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature ...1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAD SACK a contemptible person; a miserable, depressed person ...1943 sl., chiefly US
• SAD SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1943 sl., orig. US
• SCAA a thin, miserable-looking person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser ...a1790
• SORRY SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SPALPEEN a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp ...1815 Irish
• TALL STREAK OF MISERY a person who is always morose or miserable ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
miserable - verbs
• ERUMNATE † to impoverish, to make poor or miserable ...1692
• HAVE A FACE LIKE HALF-PAST SIX to look miserable ...L19 sl.
• HAVE ONE'S FACE AT HALF-PAST EIGHT to look miserable ...L19 sl.
• LOOK LIKE DEATH ON A MOPSTICK to look very miserable ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MISERATE to render miserable ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• SAD SACK to act or move in a miserable, depressed manner ...1970s US sl.
• UNCOMFORT * to render miserable ...1637
miserable - phrases
• FACE LIKE A CHOOK'S ARSE a miserable expression ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• FACE LIKE A YARD OF TRIPE a miserable expression ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• FACE LIKE YESTERDAY describing a very miserable-looking face ...1900s sl.
MISERABLY - adverbs
• CAITIFLY † wretchedly, miserably ...1393
• ELENGELY † drearily, miserably, dejectedly, gloomily ...1377
MISERY - nouns (includes MISERABLENESS)
• BALE mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief ...c1325
• CAITIFDOM † wretchedness, misery ...c1460
• CAITIFHEDE † wretchedness, misery ...c1340
• CAITIFNESS † wretchedness, misery ...1393
• CAITIFTY † wretchedness, misery ...a1300
• CHAIN LIGHTNING n. torment or misery, esp. a severe scolding; hell ...1866 US sl.
• DOG'S LIFE, A a life of misery, or of miserable subservience ...a1528
• ELENGENESSE † loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom ...c1320
• HARD SLEDDIN' poverty, hardship, misery ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MARRIAGE FACE a miserable face ...L19 UK middle class usage
• MEAGRIES miseries, ills ...1885 Sc.
• MIS a misery ...L19 sl.
• MISEASE trouble, misery ...c1225
• MISERABILITY * miserableness ...1559
• MISERITY † misery ...1533 Sc.
• MISS a misery ...L19 sl.
• MIZZ a misery ...L19 sl.
• UNISELE † unhappiness, misery ...c1205
• WANDRETH † misery, distress, hardship; adversity, poverty ...c1175
• WANE † misery, woe ...a1200
misery - verbs
• LEAD A DOG'S LIFE to lead a life of misery or miserable subservience ...1597
misery - phrases
• PAIN IN ONE'S OWN ARSE one's own worst enemy; said of someone who is often the cause of his own misery ...Brit. sl.
MISFIT - person
• DUMB CROOKER a social misfit ...1963 US sl.
• EGGO a fool, a misfit ...1980s US college sl.
• EIGHT BALL a bungler; a troublemaker; a misfit ...1933 US sl.
• EXTRA SPOKE a misfit; someone who doesn't seem to 'fit in' ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MESS-UP a troublemaker or misfit ...1944 US sl.
• MOEGIE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MOEGOE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MOGGOE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MOGO (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit ...1953 S. Afr. colloq.
• MONZ a social reject; a misfit ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
• OUTLAW one who is crude or ill-mannered; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SACKY DACKY a depressed misfit ...1946 US sl.
• SAD SACK a miserable and depressing individual; an inept misfit ...1943 US sl., orig. military usage
• SPACE CADET a misfit; an unappealing person ...1989 US college sl.
• SQUARE PEG a misfit ...1930 Amer. sl.
• SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE a misfit; an outcast ...Bk1958 sl.
MISFORTUNE - adjectives
• BLUPT suffering misfortune from want of foresight ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MISCHANCEFUL † accompanied by mischance or misfortune; unfortunate ...a1400
• MISDIGHT † ill-treated, brought to misfortune ...a1225
• SNAKE-BIT irremediably doomed to misfortune ...1957 US
• SNAKE-BITTEN irremediably doomed to misfortune ...1957 US
• UNBLESTFUL † unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune ...1608
• UNSONSY unlucky, unfortunate; ominous, fatal, causing ill-luck or misfortune ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
misfortune - nouns
• AMBS-ACE bad luck, misfortune, worthlessness ...E16 sl.
• AMSHA misfortune ...Irish sl.
• ANTERCAST a misfortune ...1768 Sc.
• AUNTERCAST a misfortune ...1768 Sc.
• BACKCAST a misfortune, reverse; used often of a relapse during illness or a moral backsliding ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BACKSET a check, a hindrance; a reverse, misfortune ...1721
• BEGINK a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc.
• BEGONK a trick, a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Eng. dial.
• BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BLACK COW a misfortune ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLACK OX a misfortune; a bereavement; a great calamity ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUP a misfortune or mistake owing to want of foresight ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COLD GRUEL misfortune, ill-luck ...Bk1903 sl.
• CROPPER a severe misfortune, personal failure, etc. ...M19 colloq.
• CUT an act whereby the feelings are deeply wounded, as a sarcasm, an act of unkindness, etc.; a severe disaster or misfortune; a blow, a shock ...1568
• DAMAGE † a matter for regret, a misfortune ...c1385
• EMSHA misfortune ...Irish sl.
• GUTSER, GUTZER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GUTZER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GYPSY'S WARNING in works of fiction: a sinister warning or prophecy from a Gypsy; now generally: any warning or sign of impending misfortune ...1824
• HAP misfortune, an accident ...c1275
• HAPMENT an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident ...1842 Eng. dial.
• HARD HAP misfortune, adversity ...1874 Eng. dial.
• HARD-SAILING trouble, misfortune ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HORSE ON ONE a turn of fortune against one; misfortune ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding ...1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-HAP misfortune ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL SUCCESS failure, misadventure, misfortune ...1823 arch.
• ILL YEAR † misfortune, disaster ...1598
• JUBBERTY a difficulty; a vexatious occurrence; a misfortune ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LOUD ONE a misfortune ...WWI army sl.
• LUR † misfortune, loss ...Bk1886
• MALAPAVIS a mischance, a misfortune ...1825 Sc.
• MALE FORTUNE † misfortune ...1470-85
• MALEURTEE † misfortune ...1471
• MALHEUR † misfortune ...1471
• MELANDER a disturbance; an accident; a misfortune ...1873 Eng. dial.
• MIRE-SNIPE an accident, misfortune ...1825 Sc.
• MISCARRIAGE a misfortune ...1883 Sc.
• MISCHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISCOMFORTUNE a misfortune, mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISCOMHAP † a misfortune, mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck ...1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISS FORTUNE misfortune ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ON-CAST a misfortune, burden ...1897 Sc.
• OPPRESS † the act of weighing down or bearing heavily on a person, the mind, feelings, etc.; the condition of being pressed hard by misfortune, distress ...c1470
• OPPRESSION † the act of weighing down or bearing heavily on a person, the mind, feelings, etc.; the condition of being pressed hard by misfortune, distress ...1382
• PURLER a sudden dramatic misfortune or failure ...1883 colloq.
• SAINT-PETER'S NEEDLE suffering; a trial, a serious misfortune ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SHOWER † a stroke of misfortune; a hardship or difficulty; an injury ...a1375
• SITHE † mishap, misfortune, trouble ...c1205
• TILLIE LICK † an unexpected misfortune or calamity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TILLIE-LICKIT † an unexpected misfortune or calamity ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNCHANCE mischance, misfortune, a calamity ...a1400-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNILIMP † misfortune, mishap ...c1200
• UNISELTH † unhappiness, misfortune ...a1200
• UNLIMP † misfortune, mishap ...c1200
• UNSHIRTED HELL trouble, hell, misfortune ...1932 US sl.
• UNSITHE † mishap, misfortune ...a1250
• UNWHATE † misfortune ...a1250
• VANHAP † misfortune ...1513 Sc.
• WANCHANCE † ill-luck, misfortune ...1599 Sc.
• WANFORTUNE † misfortune ...a1500 Sc.
• WANHAP † misfortune ...1513 Sc.
• WANWEIRD † hard lot, ill fate, misfortune ...1513 Sc.
misfortune - person
• JONAH one who brings bad luck or one who suffers severe misfortune ...M19 sl.
misfortune - verbs
• BURST ONE'S BOILER to come to grief, to bring to grief; to suffer disappointment, misfortune or other trouble ...1824 US
• BUY THE RABBIT * to be unsuccessful or have misfortune; to get the worst of a deal, to fare badly ...1807 sl.
• CATCH A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune ...1925 sl.
• COME A PURLER to fall heavily head first; so suffer sudden misfortune or failure ...1908 colloq.
• COP A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune ...1925 sl.
• GET SALT to be thwarted, to encounter misfortune ...1950s US Black & W. Indies sl.
• GO THROUGH SAINT-PETER'S NEEDLE to suffer a serious misfortune ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• HAG to cast spells; to cast a spell on, to bring misfortune to ...1938 Amer. dial. DARE online
• MEET WITH THE RUBBERS to have misfortune, ill-luck ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
misfortune - interjections/phrases
• AIN'T LIFE A GRIN a cynical expression of misfortune ...1970s US college sl.
• ANOTHER DOUBLE MUG IS BROKE said when a new misfortune or disaster has occurred ...19C Eng. dial.
• DEVIL OWED HER A CAKE AND HAS PAID HER A LOAF, THE a great instead of a small misfortune has befallen her ...17C colloq.
• IN A HARD ROW OF STUMPS in a bad way ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SILLY-GRIN! an ironical exclamation imparting pain or misfortune ...1910s Aust. sl.
MISGIVING - adjectives
• COMPUNCTIOUS having or feeling compunction; pricking to the conscience; causing regret or misgiving; remorseful, repentant ...1605
misgiving - nouns
• GAIN-GIVING † a misgiving ...1602 obs. exc. arch.
MISGROWN - person
• BAGLIN a puny or misgrown child ...1930 Sc.
MISHANDLE - verbs
• BUGGER UP to ruin, to spoil; to damage; to make a mess of; to muddle, to mishandle ...1891
MISHAP - nouns
• ACCIDENCE † mishap, chance; fortuitous circumstance ...1393
• HAPS an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance ...c1205
• MISANTER, MISANTER a misadventure, a mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISCOMFORTUNE a misfortune, mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISCOMHAP † a misfortune, mishap ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• SITHE † mishap, misfortune, trouble ...c1205
• UNILIMP † misfortune, mishap ...c1200
• UNLIMP † misfortune, mishap ...c1200
• UNSITHE † mishap, misfortune ...a1250
• UNTIMING † mishap, ill fortune ...c1250
MISINFORM - verbs
• FILL to fool; to provide with misinformation ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FILL UP to fool; to provide with misinformation ...1879 Amer. dial.
• MISLEAR to misinform; to lead astray ...1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THROW ONE AN ARRE to misinform, to mislead ...1938 Amer. dial.
MISINFORMATION - nouns
• OIL lies, misinformation ...1930s sl.
• PHONY JAZZ a lie; a trick; deliberate misinformation ...1950s US Black sl.
MISLAY - verbs
• MISPUT to lose, to mislay, to misplace; to mislead ...1923 Amer. dial.
MISLEAD - nouns
• FALLIBILITY liability to err or to mislead ...1634
• LEG PULL an attempt to mislead or deceive others in a playful way or as a joke; a trick or hoax ...1893
• SHUCKING AND JIVING a not speaking or behaving seriously in an attempt to mislead ...1966 US Black sl.
mislead - verbs
• BEDWELE † to mislead, to lead into error ...c1205
• BEDWELEN † to mislead, to lead into error ...c1205
• BLOW UP to mislead, to delude ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUFF to confuse, to mislead or deter by a show of confidence or superiority; to fob off ...L18
• DRAW A PERSON'S LEG † to try to deceive or mislead another person in a playful way or as a joke ...1851 Sc.
• DUST to confuse, to mislead, to dupe ...1814 sl.
• DUST THE EYES OF to confuse, to mislead, to dupe by making 'blind'; to the actual facts of the case ...1867 sl.
• DWELL † to lead into error; to mislead, to delude; to stun, to stupefy ...c888
• FILL to hoax or mislead ...1880 Amer. sl.
• FILL UP to hoax or mislead ...1880 Amer. sl.
• FORLEAD † to seduce, to mislead ...c1000
• GAME to deceive, to mislead, to trick ...1963 US sl.
• JACK AROUND to mislead ...Bk1995 US sl.
• JARGOOZLE to mislead; to lead astray; to bamboozle ...Bk1896 sl.
• LOAD to deceive, to trick, to mislead ...1906 Amer. dial.
• LOAD UP to deceive, to trick, to mislead ...1883 Amer. dial.
• MISGUIDE to mislead, to lead astray ...1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISPUT to lose, to mislay, to misplace; to mislead ...1923 Amer. dial.
• RUN A SANDY ON to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1914 Amer. dial.
• RUN A SANDY OVER to trick, to cheat, to dupe; to mislead, to delude ...1923 Amer. dial.
• SANDBAG to feign weakness in order to mislead an opponent ...20C US sl.
• SEND ON A HOMBUG to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them ...1950s US Black sl.
• SEND ON A HUMBUG to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them ...1950s US Black sl.
• SEND ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them ...1950s US Black sl.
• SEND ON A TRIP to deliberately mislead someone by misdirecting them ...1950s US Black sl.
• SHIT to tease, attempt to deceive or mislead ...1934 sl.
• SHUCK to cheat, to deceive, to trick, to mislead someone ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SILE † to deceive, to beguile or mislead a person ...1508 chiefly Sc.
• THROW DUST IN THE EYES OF to confuse, to mislead, to dupe by making 'blind' to the actual facts of the case ...1612
• THROW ONE AN ARRE to misinform, to mislead ...1938 Amer. dial.
MISLEADING - adjectives
• DECEPTIOUS †* that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead; deceptive, deluding, illusory ...1606
• FALLACE †* fallacious; deceitful; deceptive, misleading ...1393
• FALLACIOUS of things: deceptive, misleading ...1651
misleading - nouns
• ABUSEMENT † an abusing or misleading ...1819
• BLA pretentious or misleading talk ...1918 sl., orig. US
• BLAH pretentious or misleading talk ...1918 sl., orig. US
• BLAH-BLAH pretentious or misleading talk ...1918 sl., orig. US
• FALLATION † a fallacy, a deceptive or misleading argument ...a1568
• MOODY pretentious or misleading talk ...1934 Brit. sl.
• MUMBO JUMBO pretentious or misleading talk ...1896 sl.
MISLED - adjectives
• MISGUIDED misled, deceived; erring, badly trained ...1823 Sc.
• ON THE WRONG TRAM misled about a thing; following the wrong course of action ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
MISMANAGE - verbs
• BLUNK to bungle; to spoil a thing; to mismanage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAIDLE † to mismanage; to do any work in a slovenly way ...1808 Sc.
• ILL-GUIDE to mismanage ...1845 Sc.
• MARGULLIE † to disfigure, to mar, to mangle; to mismanage, to abuse; to mar any business; to bungle ...1721 Sc.
• MARTYR to bungle, to mismanage, to confuse, to spoil; to work in a dirty and clumsy manner ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MISCOOK to mismanage any business, to bungle ...1825 Sc.
• MISGUIDE to mismanage; to waste, to squander; to mis-spend ...1792 Sc.
• MURGULLY † to disfigure, to mar, to mangle; to mismanage, to abuse ...1721 Sc.
MISMANAGED - adjectives
• SHAMBOLIC inept, mismanaged ...L20 colloq.
MISMANAGEMENT - nouns
• MALMANAGEMENT † mismanagement ...1776 Sc.
MISMANAGING - person
• DAGE a trollop; a dirty, mismanaging woman, a slut, a tatterdemalion ...1825 Sc.
MISPLACE - verbs
• MISPUT to lose, to mislay, to misplace; to mislead ...1923 Amer. dial.
MISPRONOUNCE - verbs
• MISCALL to mispronounce in reading; to read imperfectly ...1853 Sc. & Amer. dial.
MISPRONUNCIATION - nouns
• TONGUE-TWIST mispronunciation ...1898
MISREPRESENT - verbs
• BUNK to employ misrepresentation; to defraud; to cheat; to establish confidential relations with intent to abuse the influence so acquired ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• FAKE to misrepresent ...1892 colloq.
• FIDDLE to misrepresent or fraudulently alter ...1970 sl.
MISREPRESENTATION - nouns
• BULL misrepresentation; a lie; deception ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
MISS - verbs
• BALK, BAULK † to miss by error or inadvertence ...1579
• DESIDERATE † to desire with a sense of want or regret; to feel a desire or longing for; to feel the want of; to desire, to want, to miss ...1646
• FAULT † to fail or omit to do something; to miss one's aim ...1522
• LAME TALE an excuse; a false story; a misrepresentation ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MANKIE to fail; to miss ...1882 Sc.
• MISS EVERY HAIR OF HIS HEAD to miss anyone very much ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WANT † to feel the loss of, to miss ...1623
MISSED - adjectives
• MUFFED bungled; clumsily spoilt, missed ...c1860 Brit. sl.
• NIBBY-GIBBY narrowly escaped or missed ...1854 Eng. dial.
MISSHAPEN - adjectives
• ABNORMOUS irregular, misshapen ...1742
• SHAMBLE ungainly, awkward; misshapen, esp. of the legs...E17 rare
• THRAWN twisted, distorted, misshapen; uneven; of the brow: knitted ...1721 Sc.
• WANSHAPEN † misshapen, deformed ...a1300
misshapen - nouns
• NEEP anything ugly or misshapen ...1866 Sc.
MISSILE - nouns
• AUNTIE an antimissile missile ...20C US Air Force usage
• DINGBAT something thrown or fired with force; a bullet; a cannonball; a flying missile ...1877 Amer. dial.
• EJACULATION † the act of hurling missiles; the spouting out of water ...1610
• FACE-SHOT an air-to-air guided missile ...1991 US sl.
• GANYIE † an arrow, or similar missile, esp. a crossbow-bolt ...c1425 Sc.
• PACKET a bullet or missile ...1910s sl., orig. military
• POP to throw or shoot a missile; to aim or impel an object ...1827 Sc.
missile - verbs
• ASSHOLE of a guided missile: to strike a jet aircraft squarely from behind ...1986 US military sl.
• PALT 1. † to strike with repeated blows of missiles; to assail with missiles ...1579
2. † to deliver repeated blows; to discharge missiles ...1606
• POP to strike with a missile, to pelt ...1894 Sc.
• WALK A CAT BACK to trace a missile back to its launch site ...1991 US Gulf war usage
MISSING - adjectives
• ADRIFT missing ...L18 sl.
• AMISSING missing, wanting ...L16 chiefly Sc.
• AWOL missing; absent without leave ...1920 Brit. sl., orig. military
missing - verbs
• GO FOR A BURTON of a person or thing: to be missing, ruined, or destroyed ...1946 sl.
• WANT † to be a defaulter; to be absent or missing ...1435
missing - phrases
• UP IN NELLY'S ROOM BEHIND THE WALLPAPER the presumed location of something missing or lost ...2003 Ireland sl.
MISSION - nouns
• MISH a mission ...20C Brit. public schools' usage
MISSIONARY - person
• BIBLE-BACK a sanctimonious, holier-than-thou person; hence, a clergyman, missionary, or proselytizer ...1840 sl.
• BLACK ROBE esp. among North American Indians: a Christian priest, esp. a missionary ...1811 Can.
• MISH a missionary ...L19 Brit. sl.
• MISSION STIFF a missionary worker ...L19 US sl.
• SOUL-SNATCHER a preacher, a missionary ...L19 sl.
• SOUL-SNAVELLER a preacher, a missionary ...L19 sl.
MISSISSIPPI - nouns
• AL a mythical alligator of the Mississippi River ...1938 Amer. dial.
• BIG MUDDY the Mississippi River ...1846 US
• CHIMNEYVILLE Jackson, Mississippi after it had been burned to the extent that all that was left of many buildings were their brick chimneys; a Union army term ...US Civil War usage
• OLD MUDDY the Mississippi or Missouri river ...1846 US sl.
• SIP the state of Mississippi ...1970 US sl.
Mississippi - person
• ALLIGATOR an inhabitant or native of the Mississippi region ...1837
• BEAT OFFICER in Alabama & Mississippi: a local official serving a particular beat (the principal subdivision of a county) ...1846 US
• MUD-CAT (jocular or derogatory) an inhabitant of Mississippi ...1872 Amer. dial.
• MUD-RAT (jocular or derogatory) an inhabitant of Mississippi ...1981 Amer. dial.
• TADPOLE a native of Mississippi ...1845 US sl.
MISSOURI - nouns
• BIG MUDDY the Missouri river ...1825 US
• LITTLE KOREA Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; based on a comparison of the climates ...1968 US sl.
• MIZZOO Missouri; the Missouri River ...1899 US sl.
• OLD MUDDY the Mississippi or Missouri river ...1846 US sl.
• ST. JO Saint Joseph, Missouri ...M19 US tramps' sl.
• ST. JOE Saint Joseph, Missouri ...M19 US tramps' sl.
• ST. LOO Saint Louis, Missouri ...L19 US sl.
• ST. LOOIE Saint Louis, Missouri ...L19 US sl.
Missouri - person
• PIKE a person from Missouri ...1854 Amer. dial.
• PIKER a person from Missouri ...1907 Amer. dial.
• PUKE a native of Missouri ...M19 Amer. colloq.
MISSPEAK - verbs
• MISCALL to speak incorrectly, to misspeak ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MISMEAN to misspeak, to make a mistake ...1899 Amer. dial.
MISSPEND - verbs
• MIS-SPENE † to misspend, misemploy ...c1300
MISSTATE - verbs
• BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate ...19C Sc.
MIST, MISTINESS, MISTY - adjectives
• AND sea-mist ...1865 Eng. dial.
• BANGY of weather: drizzling, overcast; misty; stormy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• CALIGINOUS misty, dim, murky; obscure, dark ...1548 now arch.
• DAGGIE drizzling, moist, misty ...1825 Sc.
• DAGGING of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DAGGY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAMPISH † vaporous, foggy, misty ...1577
• DAMPY † full of vapour or mist; foggy ...1600
• DINGY misty, rainy ...1879 Eng. dial.
• FAT * of air, mist, etc.: charged with moisture or odours ...1659
• FOGGISH † somewhat foggy or misty ...1686
• HAARY misty, foggy ...1818 Sc.
• HAGGY misty from the frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAITCHY misty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARL(E) a mist, a fog or drizzle coming up with the tide from the sea ...1721 Eng. dial.
• HAURY misty, foggy ...1818 Sc.
• MISTY-MOISTY of the weather: misty, foggy; threatening rain ...1856 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLETY misty, drizzling ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLY misty, drizzling ...1899 Amer. dial.
• NEBULOSE cloudy, misty, indistinct ...1799
• NEBULOSE †* resembling a cloud or mist; inclined to be foggy or misty ...c1420
• NEBULOUS * cloudy, foggy, misty, dank ...1386
• RAFTY misty, wet, cold, draughty ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAGGLIE wet and misty ...1955 Sc.
• RAGGY misty, stormy and cold, with drizzling rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAWK misty, foggy ...B1900 Sc.
• RAWKY misty, foggy, damp, raw and cold ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAWMY misty ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROKY foggy, misty ...LME now Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAUMY misty, hazy; of an imperfect or disagreeable colour ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCUDDY misty, showery, foggy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• STRUNTY misty, foggy ...1879 Sc.& Eng. dial.
• THAGGY thick and misty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THICK of the weather: cloudy, misty, foggy ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THONKY dank, misty, rainy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TROUBLY † of air, etc.: misty, murky, cloudy, not clear ...c1380
mist, mistiness, misty - nouns
• DAG a wet fog, a mist ...1808 Eng. dial.
• DAMP † visible vapour; fog, mist ...1601
• GUM † mist, vapour ...1513 Sc.
• HAAR a wet mist or fog; esp. applied on the east coast of England and Scotland, from Lincolnshire northwards, to a cold sea-fog ...1671 Eng. dial.
• HADDER a heavy mist or bank of fog ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HAG a thick white mist or fog ...1794 Eng. dial.
• HAZE-FIRE brilliantly luminous mist ...1842
• JERRY a fog, or mist ...1819 thieves' sl.
• MAIDS-O'-MIST drifting wisps of mist, believed to be supernatural beings ...1932 Sc.
• MIRK-DRIFE a fine driving snow or mist ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISK a mist, a fog ...1881 Eng. dial.
• MIZZLING a very fine rain, drizzle, mist ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MOKE a mist, a fog; thick, close, foggy weather ...1866 Eng. dial.
• MUG a mist, a fog; a light rain or drizzle; a dull, damp, or gloomy atmosphere ...a1728 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NEBULA fog, mist ...1894
• NEBULE a cloud; a mist or fog ...c1420
• NEBULOUSNESS cloudiness, mistiness ...1653
• OOTHER a light morning mist or haze; the flickering haze that rises from the ground on a warm day ...1818 Sc.
• OREGON DEW a light rain or mist; used ironically, a prolonged rain ...1967 Amer. dial.
• OREGON MIST a light rain or mist; used ironically, a prolonged rain ...1965 Amer. dial.
• OTTER-DRIZZLE a fine mist ...1933 Amer. dial.
• PAN a heavy pall of mist ...1908 Sc.
• PARL a thick mist, a fog ...1818 Sc.
• PARLE a thick mist, a fog ...1818 Sc.
• RABBIT DEW mist; the low mist that arises after a quick cool rain shower during very hot weather ...1987 Amer. dial.
• RACK † driving mist or fog ...a1300
• RAFT a damp mist ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• RAG fog, mist, accompanied by drizzling rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGGER a light drifting mist; a drizzle ...1908 Sc.
• RAGGLE a light drifting mist; a drizzle ...1908 Sc.
• RAWK a mist, a sea fog ...1854 Eng. dial.
• REEK a smoke-like vapour; steam, fog, mist; also, dust ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROKE mist, fog; drizzle ...ME now Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RUG drizzling rain; wet mist; also, wet weather ...c1540 Sc.
• SCAM a film of vapour, a haze, mist, or shadow ...1824 Sc.
• SCAUM a thin haze, a light, misty vapour ...1824 Sc.
• SCOTCH DEW a mist ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOTCH DRIZZLE a mist ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SKEW a drizzling rain; a driving mist ...1839 Eng. dial.
• SMIRR a drizzle or wet mist; a fog almost as heavy as a rain ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SMUR, SMURR a drizzle or wet mist; a fog almost as heavy as a rain ...1914 Amer. dial.
• THICKNESS fog, mist ...1898 Sc.
• ULE a sultry heat, warm vapour, esp. mist rising from the ground or the sea on a warm day; heat from a fire ...1866 Sc.
mist, mistiness, misty - verbs
• BEMIST to overtake with mist ...1609
• DAMP † to envelop in a fog or mist ...1629
• NEBULIZE * to reduce to a mist or spray ...1872
• RAWK to grow misty; to become foggy ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEK to emit vapour; to steam; to perspire; to be misty ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROKE to be foggy or misty; to drizzle ...E17 now Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAUM to envelope in a mist or haze; to shade ...1871 Sc.
• SKEW to have the vision obstructed by mist ...1842
MISTAKE - adjectives (also see MISTAKEN)
• MISTAKEFUL * full of mistakes ...1880
• OFF THE TRACK misbehaving, making mistakes, being inconsistent ...20C sl.
• OFF TRACK misbehaving, making mistakes, being inconsistent ...20C sl.
mistake - nouns
• APPLE-KNOCKER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BAD BREAK an error; a serious mistake; a blunder ...1883 US
• BALK † a slip, a mistake, a blunder ...c1430
• BARNABY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARNEY an error, a mistake, a blunder; a piece of bad workmanship ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAULK † a slip, a mistake, a blunder ...c1430
• BEEF a mistake ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BEEFSTEAK a mistake, a blunder ...1950 Amer. dial.
• BISH a mistake ...c1925 UK school usage
• BLOB a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BLOOMER a very great mistake; an error; a failure ...1889 sl.
• BLUE a mistake or error, a blunder ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BLUNDERHEAD an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BLUP a misfortune or mistake owing to want of foresight ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1887 Eng. dial.
• BONE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEHEAD an error; a mistake; a blunder ...1918 Amer. dial.
• BONEHEAD BUTCH an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEHEADER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEHEAD MOVE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONEHEAD PLAY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BONER a stupid mistake ...E20 sl., orig.
• BOOB an error, a blunder, a foolish mistake ...1959 sl.
• BOO-BOO a foolish mistake ...E20 sl., orig. US
• BOOB STUNT an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BREAK an error, blunder or mistake, often in a social situation; an inappropriate act or word, a faux pas ...1884 Amer. dial.
• BREAKER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BRODIE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BULL an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUST an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BUTCH a mistake, a blunder, an error; in radio & TV: an error made in delivering lines ...1942 US sl.
• CLANGER a faux pas, a mistake, esp. one that attracts attention ...1948 sl.
• CLINKER a mistake or fault, esp. a wrong note in music ...1934 US & Can. sl.
• CLUCK an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CROPPER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DEFAULT † a failure in what is attempted; an error, mistake ...c1386
• DUMB PLAY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMB TRICK an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DUMMY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAUX a mistake ...1980s US college sl.
• FLOATER a mistake, a 'bloomer' ...1913 sl.
• FOOL ACT an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOOL MISTAKE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOOL MOVE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOUL an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FOX'S PAW a mistake, a blunder (French faux pas) ...L18
• GAFU a colossal mistake; a God Almighty Fuck-Up ...1998 NZ sl.
• GOOF a mistake ...1960s US sl.
• GRANNY a mistake, an error ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HOWLER a funny mistake ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUMMER a minor mistake ...1959 US sl.
• IGNOTISM † a mistake due to ignorance ...1737
• JEOFAIL † a mistake or error generally ...1546
• LEFT-TURN an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MASH a muddle, a mistake ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESSY BOBBLE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISBOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1912 Amer. dial.
• MISCOBOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MISCUE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISCUEBOBBLE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISDEAL a mistake ...L19 US sl.
• MISDO a mistake ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISFIRE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MISKEN a mistake, misunderstanding ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.
• MISKUBOBBLE a mistake, an error, a blunder ...1911 Amer. dial.
• MISLICK a poorly delivered or badly aimed stroke or blow; hence a mistake, or error ...1859 Amer. dial.
• MISS an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MIS-SCRIPT * a mistake in writing; a misspelling ...1817-19
• MISSMENT an error; a mistake; a blunder ...a1863 Eng. dial.
• MOPPLE a blunder, a mistake ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MOUSETAKE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MUFF an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ODD NUMBER a mistake, an error of judgement, a disadvantage ...1897 Eng. dial.
• PENNY BANGER a mistake, a blunder...1958 rhyming sl. for 'clanger'
• PIGS mistakes, a mess ...20C Royal Air Force sl.
• RAFFLE a mistake ...19C rhyming sl. for 'ricket' (raffle ticket)
• RAFFLE TICKET a mistake ...19C rhyming sl. for 'ricket'
• RAFFLINGS mistakes; miscalculations ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• SCREWY MOVE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCREWY PLAY an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SKEWGEE an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLIP-UP an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TRIP-UP an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRONGER an error; a mistake; a blunder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WRONGGO a mistake, error, or lie ...1930s sl., orig. US
• WRONG NUMBER a mistaken idea ...1920s US sl.
• WRONGO a mistake, error, or lie ...1930s sl., orig. US
• WRONG RIFF a mistake, a blunder ...1930s US Black sl.
mistake - person
• GOOF someone who makes mistakes or wastes time ...1950s Amer. sl.
mistake - verbs (includes MISTAKEN)
• BACK THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken; to make an inappropriate choice ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BARK UP THE WRONG TREE to choose the wrong person to deal with, or the wrong course of action; to mistake an aim ...Bk2004 Amer. colloq.
• BE ALL WET to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEEF to make a mistake ...Bk1904 Amer. college sl.
• BE FULL OF PRUNES to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE IN THE WRONG BOX to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE IN THE WRONG PEW to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BE OFF YOUR EGGS to make a mistake, to be on the wrong tack ...1844 Sc.
• BLOB to make a mistake ...1900 Amer. dial.
• BLOW to make a mistake ...Bk1995 US sl.
• BLOW IT BIG TIME to make a terrible mistake ...Bk1995 US sl.
• BLOW ONE'S STACK to get excited and make a series of mistakes ...Bk1944 service sl.
• BOBBLE to make a slight turn or twist from a direct or straight line; hence; to make a break or mistake ...1908 Amer. dial.
• BOOB to make a foolish mistake ...M20 sl.
• BREAK THE MOLASSES JUG to make a mistake and come to grief ...19C Amer.
• CHUMP OUT to make a mistake; to blunder ...1960s US Black sl.
• COME A GUTZER to come a cropper; to make a mistake ...1918 Air Force sl.
• COUNT ONE'S EGGS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CRACK THE BELL to fail, to muddle things, to make a mistake, to ruin it ...1909 Cockneys' sl.
• CUT A HOG to make an embarrassing mistake; to blunder, to make a mess of things ...1935 US Black sl.
• DROP A CLANGER to make a social faux pas, to make a mistake that attracts attention ...1942
• DROP A GOOLIE to make a mistake ...1961 UK sl.
• DROP AN OAR IN THE WATER to make a mistake ...1998 UK sl.
• DROP ONE'S CANDY to make a big blunder or serious mistake; to do something to cause the failure of a plan ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• DULL to make a mistake, miscalculation, or stupid blunder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• FALL DOWN (ON) to make a bad mistake or error; to blunder ...c1935 colloq.
• FALL FLAT ON ONE'S FACE to make an embarrassing mistake, failed attempt, catastrophic decline, etc. ...1970s Amer. sl.
• FALL ON ONE'S FACE to make an embarrassing mistake, failed attempt, catastrophic decline, etc. ...1970s Amer. sl.
• FAULT to make a mistake, to be in error, to blunder ...1530 obs.
• FAUX to make a mistake ...1980s US college sl.
• FIRE INTO THE WRONG FLOCK to be mistaken; to blunder; to 'bark up the wrong tree' ...1835 Amer. dial.
• FLUNK to fail; to blunder; to make a mistake ...L19 US sl.
• GET IN BAD to make a mistake or false move ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GET THE WRONG END OF THE TETHER to make a mistake; to misunderstand ...1884 Eng. dial.
• GET THE WRONG BULL BY THE HORNS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET THE WRONG PIG BY THE EAR to make a mistake ...1546 colloq.
• GET THE WRONG PIG BY THE TAIL to make a mistake in selection ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• GET THE WRONG SOW BY THE EAR to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOF to blunder, to make a mistake ...1940s sl.
• GO OFF THE RAILS to blunder, to make a mistake ...L19 sl.
• GOOF IT to blunder, to make a mistake ...1940s sl.
• GOOF UP to make a big mistake ...Bk1995 US sl.
• HALLUCINATE † to be deceived, to suffer illusion, to entertain false notions, to blunder, to mistake ...1652 obs. or arch.
• HARPOON A BOTTLE-NOSE to make a gross mistake ...1849-50 Ireland
• HAVE ANOTHER GUESS COMING to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE BEEN READING BOOKS to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAVE THE WRONG SLANT to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LET THE HOGS OUT vb. to make an embarrassing mistake ...1954 Amer. dial.
• LET THE MULES OUT to make an embarrassing mistake ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MAFFLE to blunder, to make mistakes, to muddle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A BLUE to make a mistake or error; to blunder ...1961 Aust. & NZ sl.
• MAKE A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MIFF to blunder; to make a mistake; to botch something ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MISDOUBT to mistake, to be mistaken ...1891 Sc.
• MISKEN to mistake, not to recognize, to be ignorant of; to ignore, to disown, to refuse to notice ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MISMEAN to misspeak, to make a mistake ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MISS STAYS to fail, to make a mistake ...1907 Amer. dial.
• MISSTAY to fail, to make a mistake ...1916 Amer. dial.
• MISS THE CUSHION † to miss the mark; to make a mistake; to err; to fail in an attempt ...c1525
• PAY ONE'S DUES to pay for making a mistake ...1960s Amer. sl.
• PLAY WHALEY to blunder, to fail; to play havoc with something; to spoil, to ruin; to make a mistake ...1897 Amer. dial.
• PULL A BONER to make a stupid mistake ...US sl.
• PULL A BUST to make an error in judgement; to be wrong or mistaken ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PULL THE WRONG PIG BY THE EAR to make a mistake ...1546 colloq.
• PULL THE WRONG SOW BY THE EAR to make a mistake ...1546 colloq.
• PUT ONE'S FOOT IN ONE'S MOUTH to make an embarrassing verbal mistake, discomfiting oneself as well as the hearer ...1940s sl.
• PUT THE SADDLE ON THE WRONG HORSE to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT AT A PIGEON AND KILL A CROW to blunder wilfully; to make a mistake ...1869
• SHOOT ONE'S GRANDMOTHER to make a great mistake; to be disappointed; to think you have discovered what was well known before ...1855 Amer.
• SKID(S) to blunder, to make a mistake, to decline ...1920s US sl.
• SLIP UP to make a mistake ...1855 US sl.
• TAKE A STINK FOR A NOSEGAY to be extremely gullible; to mistake egregiously ...B1900
• UPTRIP to cause someone to make a mistake or commit a fault ...1856 Amer. dial.
mistake - interjections/phrases
• HAIR IN ONE'S NECK, A a hold over someone, generally arising from a mistake or shortcoming which can be used against one's reputation, etc. ...1818 Sc.
• MY BAD used to acknowledge responsibility for a mistake ...L20 US colloq.
• OOPSIE DOODLES! exclamation used when making a mistake, tripping, etc.
MISTAKEN - adjectives
• ALL WET entirely confused or wrong; mistaken ...1923
• FALLIBLE of persons or their faculties: liable to be deceived or mistaken; liable to err ...1430
• MISAGAFT mistaken, misgiven ...1691 Eng. dial.
• OFFBEAT adj. mistaken, wrong, in error ...1958 US sl.
• OFFEN ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF IT mistaken ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF ONE'S BASE insane, crazy, confused, muddled, mistaken ...1891 US sl.
• OFF ONE'S BOX crazy; foolishly wrong; mistaken ...1903 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S CABASE mistaken (cabase = head) ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OFF ONE'S EGGS straying; hence, wide of the mark, incorrect, inaccurate, mistaken, in error ...1792 Sc.
• OFF THE RAILS errant, mistaken ...L19 sl.
• OUT OF ONE'S BOX crazy, insane; foolishly wrong, mistaken ...1966 Amer. dial.
• UP THE POLE muddled, confused, wrong, in error, mistaken ...L19 sl.
mistaken - adverbs
• ALL OUT mistaken ...Bk1898 Sc. sl.
mistaken - nouns
• WANTROKING † despair; false or mistaken expectation ...c1315
mistaken - person
• FALLIBLE * one who is mistaken ...1705
mistaken - verbs
• HAVE ANOTHER GUESS COMING to be wrong or mistaken ...1942 Amer. dial.
• HAVE THE WRONG PIG BY THE EAR to take an incorrect view; to arrive at the wrong conclusion, solution, etc.; to be mistaken ...1536
• PLAY A DEAD ONE to waste one's time; to act mistakenly ...M19 sl.
• SHOOT ONE'S GRANDMOTHER to be mistaken, or to be disappointed; to imagine oneself you have discovered what was well known before ...1855 sl.
mistaken - phrases
• IT UNGANGS ME I am deceived; I am mistaken ...1768 Sc. obs.
MISTAKENLY - adverbs
• ADWOLE † in error, erroneously, mistakenly ...a1250
MISTLETOE - nouns
• MISSEL † mistletoe ...a1425