mist | (noun) a thin fog with condensation near the ground | - |
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(verb) become covered with mist | Synonyms: mist over |
(verb) spray finely or cover with mist | - |
(verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, obnubilate, obscure |
mistakable | (adjective) so similar as to be easily identified for another thing | Synonyms: confusable |
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mistake | (noun) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | Synonyms: error, fault |
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(noun) an understanding of something that is not correct | Synonyms: misapprehension, misunderstanding |
(noun) part of a statement that is not correct | Synonyms: error |
(verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect | Synonyms: err, slip |
(verb) identify incorrectly | Synonyms: misidentify |
mistaken | (adjective) arising from error | Synonyms: false |
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(adjective) wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment | Synonyms: misguided |
mistakenly | (adverb) in a mistaken or erroneous manner | Synonyms: erroneously |
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mistaking | (noun) putting the wrong interpretation on | Synonyms: misinterpretation, misunderstanding |
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mistflower | (noun) rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium | Synonyms: ageratum, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum, mist-flower |
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mistily | (adverb) in a misty manner | - |
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(adverb) in a vague way | Synonyms: vaguely |
mistime | (verb) time incorrectly | - |
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mistiming | (noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | Synonyms: anachronism, misdating |
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mistiness | (noun) cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor | Synonyms: haziness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness |
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mistletoe | (noun) Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas | Synonyms: Old World mistletoe, Viscum album |
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(noun) American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe | Synonyms: false mistletoe |
(noun) shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks | Synonyms: Loranthus europaeus |
mistral | (noun) a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter | - |
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mistranslate | (verb) translate incorrectly | - |
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mistranslation | (noun) an incorrect translation | - |
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mistreat | (verb) treat badly | Synonyms: abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, step |
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mistreated | (adjective) subjected to cruel treatment | Synonyms: abused, ill-treated, maltreated |
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mistreatment | (noun) the practice of treating (someone or something) badly | - |
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mistress | (noun) a woman master who directs the work of others | - |
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(noun) an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man | Synonyms: fancy woman, kept woman |
(noun) a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) | Synonyms: schoolma'am, schoolmarm, schoolmistress |
mistrial | (noun) a trial that is invalid or inconclusive | - |
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mistrust | (noun) the trait of not trusting others | Synonyms: distrust, distrustfulness |
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(noun) doubt about someone's honesty | Synonyms: distrust, misgiving, suspicion |
(verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, suspect |
mistrustful | (adjective) openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | Synonyms: leery, suspicious, untrusting, wary |
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mistrustfully | (adverb) with distrust | Synonyms: distrustfully |
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misty | (adjective) filled or abounding with fog or mist | Synonyms: brumous, foggy, hazy |
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(adjective) wet with mist | - |