Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том II. J – Z.

Measles, n. pl. Rubeola.

Measurable, a. 1. Mensurable.

2. Moderate, temperate.

Measure, n. 1. Standard (of size or of quantity).

2. Rule, gauge.

3. Degree, extent.

4. Metre.

Measure, v. a. 1. Mete.

2. Estimate, appraise, judge of.

3. Adjust, proportion, gauge.

4. Distribute, allot, apportion, mete out.

Measureless, a. Immeasurable, unlimited, immense.

Measurement, n. Mensuration.

Meat, n. 1. Food, aliment, nutriment, sustenance, nourishment, provision, victuals, viands, diet, regimen, cheer, pabulum, subsistence, rations, feed, fare, provender, fodder, prog.

2. Flesh (for food).

Meat-pie, n. 1. Mince-pie.

2. Pasty

Mechanic, n. Artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, operative, workman, hand, artificer.

Mechanical, a. Involuntary, blind, automatic.

Mechanism, n. 1. Mechanical action, mechanical agency.

2. Machinery.

Meddle, v. n. Interfere, intermeddle, take part (officiously).

Meddler, n. Intermeddler, busybody.

Meddlesome, a. Interfering, intermeddling, pragmatical, officious.

Meddling, a. Interfering, intermeddling, pragmatical, officious.

Medial, a. Mean, average.

Median, a. Middle.

Mediate, v. n. Interpose, intercede, arbitrate.

Mediation, n. Interposition, intervention, arbitration.

Mediator, n. 1. Intercessor.

2. Christ, Jesus, the Messiah.

Medical, a. 1. Of medicine, of the healing art.

2. Medicinal, healing, curative.

Medicament, n. Remedy, medicine, healing application.

Medicate, v. a. 1. Tincture or impregnate with something medicinal.

2. Heal, cure, treat with medicine.

Medicinal, a. Healing, curative, medical.

Medicine, n. 1. Drug, physic, medicament, remedy, nostrum.

2. Healing art.

Mediocrity, n. 1. Inferiority, moderate degree, middle state.

2. Average, average standard, medial standard.

Meditate, v. a. 1. Plan, contrive, devise, scheme, concoct, intend, purpose, compass.

2. Contemplate, study, chew, ruminate, think on, reflect upon, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind, dwell intently upon, chew the cud upon.

Meditate, v. n. Muse, ponder, think, reflect, rack, beat or cudgel one's brains, collect one's thoughts, advise with one's pillow.

Meditation, n. Contemplation, reflection, study, musing, pondering, deep thought, close attention.

Mediterranean, a. Midland.

Medium, n. 1. Intervening substance.

2. Means, instrumentality.

3. Mean average, mean proportion.

4. (Painting.) Menstruum.

5. (Logic.) Middle term.

Medley, n. Mixture, miscellany, jumble, farrago, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, salmagundi, gallimaufry, mish-mash, pot-pourri, olio, mélange, confused mass.

Meeching, n. Sneaking, skulking, base, creeping, cowardly, vile, mean, contemptible.

Meed, n. Reward, recompense, remuneration.

Meek, a. Humble, lowly, submissive, mild, soft, gentle, modest, demure.

Meekness, n. Humbleness, humility, lowliness, lowness, demureness, condescension, self-abasement, gentleness, modesty, submission, submissiveness, mildness.

Meerschaum, n. (Min.) 1. Magnesite, sea-foam, hydrous silicate of magnesia.

2. Turkish pipe.

Meet, a. Fit, proper, fitting, befitting, suitable, suited, adapted, appropriate, congenial.

Meet, v. a. 1. Come together (from opposite directions).

2. Confront, encounter, come up to face to face.

3. Find, meet with, light on, fall upon, fall in with, happen upon.

4. Fulfil, comply with.

Meet, v. n. 1. Encounter one another.

2. Unite, join, converge, come in contact.

3. Assemble, congregate, muster, collect, come together, flock together, meet together.

Meet with, 1. Find, meet, light on, fall upon, fall in with, happen upon.

2. Suffer, be subjected to.

Meeting, n. 1. Interview, encounter.

2. Assembly, assemblage, congregation, concourse, gathering, company, collection of people.

Meeting-house, n. Church, temple, house of worship, house of God.

Megrims, n. pl. Dejection, melancholy.

Melancholy, n. Dejection, depression, gloominess, sadness, gloom, despondency, hypochondria, blues, blue devils, dumps, megrims, vapors, low spirits, depression of spirits.

Melancholy, a. Dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, sorrowful, lackadaisical, atrabillous, gloomy, hypochondriac, blue, dumpish, mopish, glum, downcast, desponding, down-hearted, chap-fallen, crest-fallen, hypped, low-spirited, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth, out of sorts.

Mélange, n. [Fr.] Mixture, medley, farrago, jumble, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, salmagundi, olio, olla podrida, pot-pourri, gallimaufry, mish-mash, confused mass.

Mélée, n. [Fr.] Fight (of combatants confusedly mixed), affray, contest, row, fray, broil, brawl, rumpus.

Meliorate, v. a. Improve, better, mend, amend, emend, ameliorate, make better.

Melioration, n. Improvement, amendment, emendation, amelioration.

Mellifluence, n. Smoothness, softness, mellowness, sweetness, sweet flow.

Mellifluent, a. Smooth, soft, mellow, euphonious, euphonic, sweet, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.

Mellifluous, a. Smooth, soft, mellow, euphonious, euphonic, sweet, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.

Mellite, n. Honey-stone.

Mellow, a. 1. Ripe, mature.

2. Soft, mellifluous, smooth, silver-toned, sweetly flowing.

3. Perfected, well prepared.

4. Drunk, tipsy, fuddled, disguised, half seas over.

Mellow, v. a. 1. Ripen, mature.

2. Perfect, bring to perfection.

Melodious, a. Musical, tuneful, sweet, dulcet, ariose.

Melody, n. 1. Pleasing succession of sounds (as distinguished from harmony or the concord of sounds), sweetness of sound.

2. Song, descant, tune.

Melt, v. a. 1. Liquefy (by heat), fuse.

2. Soften, make gentle, make susceptible.

Melt, v. n. 1. Dissolve, become liquid.

2. Be softened, be made gentle.

Member, n. 1. Limb.

2. Part, portion, constituent, component part, subordinate part.

3. Head, clause, branch.

Membership, n. 1. Being a member.

2. Society, association, members, body of members.

Memento, n. Memorial, remembrancer, souvenir.

Memoir, n. 1. Personal narrative, familiar biography.

2. Record, register, journal, written account.

Memorable, a. Signal, notable, remarkable, extraordinary.

Memorandum, n. Note, minute.

Memorial, n. Monument, commemorative record.

Memorial, a. Commemorative.

Memoria technica, [L.] Mnemonics.

Memoriter, a. From memory, by heart.

Memorize, v. a. 1. Learn, learn by heart, commit to memory.

2. Cause to be remembered, hand down to memory by records.

Memory, n. 1. Recollection, remembrance, reminiscence.

2. Memorial, commemorative record.

3. Fame, renown, reputation, celebrity.

Menace, v. a. Threaten, denounce, defy.

Menace, n. Threat, threatening, denunciation.

Mend, v. a. 1. Repair, refit, retouch, patch up, touch up.

2. Improve, ameliorate, meliorate, correct, rectify, reform, amend, emend, make better.

Mend, v. n. Improve, amend, become better.

Mendacious, a. False, lying, deceitful, fallacious.

Mendacity, n. 1. Disposition to lie, habit of lying.

2. Falsehood, deceit, duplicity, artifice, trickery.

Mendicancy, n. Beggary, mendicity.

Mendicant, n. Beggar, pauper, starveling, poor or indigent person.

Mendicity, n. Beggary, mendicancy.

Menhaden, n. [Sometimes written Manhaden.] Hardhead, pauhaugen, moss-bunker.

Menial, a. Servile, slavish, low, mean, base, abject, vile, sorry.

Menial, n. Servant, domestic, waiter, lackey, underling, flunkey, understrapper, valet, footman, slave, Helot, serf, bondsman.

Meniver, n. [Written also Miniver.] Ermine, stoat.

Menses, n. pl. Catamenia, monthly courses, menstrual discharges, menstrual flux.

Menstrual, a. 1. Monthly.

2. Catamenial.

Menstruum, n. Solvent, medium.

Mensurable, a. Measurable.

Mensuration, n. 1. Measuring, measurement.

2. Surveying, survey.

Mental, a. Intellectual, spiritual, rational, ideal, subjective, psychological, metaphysical.

Mention, n. [Used chiefly in the phrase make mention of.] Cursory reference or allusion.

Mention, v. a. Declare, name, tell, state, communicate, impart, report, cite, speak of, make known, make mention of, allude to, refer to.

Mentor, n. Counsellor, adviser, monitor, guide, instructor.

Mephitic, a. Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.

Mephitical, a. Fetid, foul, noisome, noxious, poisonous, pestilential, baleful.

Mephitic air, Carbonic-acid, carbonic-acid gas, choke-damp, foul air.

Mephitis, n. (Chem.) Noxious exhalation.

Mephitism, n. (Chem.) Noxious exhalation.

Mercantile, a. Commercial, trading, engaged in commerce.

Mercenary, a. 1. Venal, hired, hireling.

2. Sordid, avaricious, covetous, penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, selfish, close, close-fisted.

Mercenary, n. Hireling.

Merchandise, n. Commodities, goods, wares.

Merchant, n. Trader (particularly a wholesale trader), tradesman.

Merchantable, a. 1. Marketable, of the ordinary quality.

2. Salable, vendible, that may be sold.

Merciful, a. Gracious, kind, compassionate, tender, benignant, lenient, mild, gentle, pitiful, tender-hearted.

Merciless, a. Pitiless, cruel, unfeeling, unmerciful, uncompassionate, inexorable, unrelenting, relentless, fell.

Mercurial, a. 1. Sprightly, active, spirited, quick, lively, prompt, nimble.

2. Of mercury or quicksilver.

Mercury, n. Quicksilver.

Mercy, n. Clemency, lenity, lenience, leniency, compassion, pity, tenderness, kindness, mildness, gentleness.

Mercy-seat, n. Propitiatory.

Mere, a. Bare, simple, nothing else but.

Mere, n. Pool, lake.

Merely, ad. Simply, purely, only, solely, barely.

Meretricious, a. 1. Of harlots.

2. Libidinous, lustful.

3. Deceitful (by false show), spurious, false, sham, make-believe, not genuine.

Merge, v. a. Immerse, immerge, submerge, sink, plunge, dip.

Merge, v. n. Be lost, be swallowed up.

Meridian, n. 1. Noon, noontide, mid-day, twelve o'clock.

2. Summit, culmination.

Meridional, a. Mid-day.

Merit, n. 1. Desert, worth, worthiness, excellence, credit.

2. Claim, right.

Merit, v. a. Deserve, have a right to, be entitled to.

Meritorious, a. Deserving, worthy, good, excellent.

Merling, n. Whiting (Gadus merlangus).

Merriment, n. Mirth, jollity, gayety, hilarity, joviality, sportiveness, jocularity, liveliness.

Merry, a. Mirthful, jovial, gleeful, gay, hilarious, sportive, jocund, joyous, facetious, lively, jolly, buxom, frolicsome, blithe, blithesome, airy, gladsome, vivacious, debonair, wanton, light-hearted.

Merry-Andrew, n. Buffoon, zany, harlequin, scaramouch, fool, mountebank, jester, droll, punch, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.

Merry-making, n. Festival, convivial entertainment.

Merry-thought, n. Wish-bone.

Mesh, n. Interstice (of a net).

Meshy, a. Reticulated, decussated.

Mesmerism, n. Animal magnetism.

Mess, n. 1. Dish.

2. Set (who eat together), company.

3. Medley, mixture, miscellany, farrago, hotch-potch, hodge-podge, jumble, salmagundi, mish-mash, olio, olla podrida, confused mass, mélange.

Mess, v. n. Eat in company, take meals at the same table.

Messenger, n. 1. Emissary, express, courier.

2. Harbinger, forerunner, herald.

Messieurs, n. pl. [Fr.] [Abbreviated Messrs.] Sirs, gentlemen.

Metamorphic rocks, Stratified primary rocks.

Metamorphose, v. a. Transform, transmute, transfigure, change the form of.

Metamorphosis, n. Transformation, transmutation, transfiguration, change of form.

Metaphor, n. Similitude (without the signs of comparison), simile (expressed in a word).

Metaphoric, a. Figurative.

Metaphorical, a. Figurative.

Metaphysical, a. Mental, intellectual, psychological.

Metaphysics, n. Psychology, pneumatology, mental philosophy, philosophy of the mind, mental science.

Mete, v. a. Measure.

Mete, n. Measure, bound, limit, term, boundary, terminus, butt.

Meteorolite, n. Aerolite, meteoric stone.

Meter, n. [Written also Metre.] Measure (of verse), poetical measure, rhythmical arrangement (of syllables).

Method, n. 1. Arrangement, system, classification, orderly disposition.

2. Way (viewed theoretically), mode, manner, process, course, means, modus operandi.

Methodic, a. Orderly, systematical, regular, systematic.

Methodical, a. Orderly, systematical, regular, systematic.

Methodize, v. a. Regulate, arrange, put in order.

Methylic-alcohol, n. Wood-spirit, pyroxylic spirit, pyroxylic acid.

Metre, n. [Written also Meter.] Measure (of verse), rhythmical arrangement (of syllables), poetical measure.

Metrical, a. Measured.

Metropolis, n. Chief city, capital.

Metropolitan, n. Archbishop, primate.

Metropolitan, a. Of the metropolis.

Mettle, n. Spirit, nerve, vigor, ardor, pluck, hardihood, courage.

Mettlesome, a. Spirited, ardent, fiery, lively, gay, brisk, sprightly, courageous.

Mew, n. Gull, sea-mew, cob, sea-cob.

Mew, v. a. 1. Confine, incase, coop, imprison, shut up.

2. Shed (feathers), moult.

Mewl, v. n. Cry, squall, bawl.

Mews, n. pl. Stables.

Miasm, n. Malaria, noxious exhalation, bad air.

Miasma, n. Malaria, noxious exhalation, bad air.

Mickle, a. [Scottish.] Much, great.

Microcosm, n. Little world, the world in miniature, the world in little, epitome of the universe.

Microcosmic salt, Phosphate of soda and ammonia.

Microscopic, a. 1. [Applied to the eye.] Able to see minute objects.

Microscopical, a. 1. [Applied to the eye.] Able to see minute objects.

2. With a microscope, by the aid of a microscope.

3. Very small, very minute.

Mid, a. Middle.

Mid-day, a. Meridional.

Mid-day, n. Noon, noontide, meridian.

Middle, a. Mean, medial, half way, between the extremes.

Middle, n. Midst, centre, central part.

Middleman, n. 1. Agent, broker, factor,

2. Commoner.

Middle classes, Bourgeoisie.

Middling, a. Ordinary, average, moderate, passable, tolerable, well enough, pretty well, not bad.

Midland, a. 1. Inland.

2. Mediterranean.

Midnight, n. The dead of night, twelve o'clock at night.

Midriff, n. Diaphragm.

Midships, ad. Amidships.

Midst, n. Middle, centre, central part.

Midsummer, n. Summer solstice.

Midwife, n. Accoucheuse.

Midwifery, n. Obstetrics.

Mien, n. Air, look, aspect, manner, port, carriage, demeanor, external appearance, bearing.

Miff, n. [Colloquial.] Pique, slight anger.

Miff, v. a. [Colloquial.] Affront, displease, offend slightly.

Might, n. Power, strength, puissance, force, main, potency, efficacy, ability, efficiency.

Mighty, a. 1. Strong, powerful, robust, vigorous, sturdy, puissant, courageous, valiant, valorous, bold, able, capable.

2. Vast, enormous, immense, huge, stupendous, monstrous, Cyclopean, Herculean, very great.

3. Violent, vehement, impetuous.

4. Forcible, efficacious, effective.

Mighty, ad. [Colloquial.] Very.

Migrate, v. n. Change residence (from one country to another).

Migration, n. Change of residence (from one country to another).

Migratory, a. Nomadic, wandering.

Mild, a. 1. Tender, kind, gentle, merciful, clement, compassionate, indulgent, pacific, not severe, not harsh, not cruel.

2. Soft, gentle, bland, pleasant, not violent, not intense.

3. Lenitive, assuasive, mollifying, soothing, emollient, demulcent, not acrid, not corrosive.

Mildew, n. Rust, blight, blast, mould, must, mustiness, smut.

Militant, a. Fighting, contending, belligerent.

Military, a. 1. Soldierly, soldier-like.

2. Martial, warlike.

Military, n. Soldiery, army, body of soldiers.

Militate against, War against, contend against, operate against, be opposed to, be repugnant to, be hostile to.

Militia, n. Trainband.

Milkiness, n. Lactescence.

Milk-livered, a. Cowardly, timorous, white-livered.

Milkmaid, n. Dairymaid.

Milksop, n. 1. Piece of bread sopped in milk.

2. Poltroon, craven, dastard, coward, effeminate man.

Milkweed, n. Silkweed, wild cotton.

Milky Way, n. Galaxy.

Mill, n. 1. Manufactory.

2. [U. S.] One tenth of a cent.

3. Fight, contest.

Mill, v. a. 1. Stamp (as coin) on the edge.

2. Full (as cloth).

3. [Low.] Beat (with the fists).

Miller, n. Moth.

Miller's-thumb, n. River bull-head (Cottus gobio).

Millionnaire, n. Nabob, Crœsus, Dives, capitalist, very rich person, person of great wealth.

Milt, n. 1. (Anat.) Spleen.

2. Semen (of fishes), sperm, soft roe.

Milter, n. Male fish.

Mime, n. Mimic.

Mimetic, a. Imitative, mimic.

Mimetical, a. Imitative, mimic.

Mimic, a. Imitative, mimetic, mimetical.

Mimical, a. Imitative, mimetic, mimetical.

Mimic, v. a. Ape, imitate, mock, counterfeit.

Mimic, n. Mime.

Minaret, n. Turret (of a Mahometan mosque).

Minatory, a. Threatening, menacing.

Mince, v. a. 1. Hash, cut into small pieces.

2. Extenuate, palliate, be mealy-mouthed about, be reserved in speaking of.

Mince, v. n. Affect delicacy.

Mince-pie, n. Meat-pie.

Mince-meat, a. Chopped meat.

Minced-meat, a. Chopped meat.

Mincing, a. Affected, over-nice.

Mind, n. 1. Soul, spirit, inner man.

2. Intellect, understanding, reason, sense, brains, thinking principle, intellectual powers, common sense, intellectual faculties.

3. Inclination, disposition, will, wish, liking, desire.

4. Belief, opinion, thoughts, sentiments.

5. Memory, remembrance, recollection.

Mind, v. a. 1. Notice, heed, regard, mark, attend to, take notice of, pay attention to, give heed to, fix the mind on, trouble one's head about.

2. Obey, be obedient to.

3. [Poetical.] Remind, put in mind.

Mindful of, Regardful of, heedful of, observant of, attentive to.

Mindless, a. 1. Destitute of mind.

2. Regardless, careless, heedless, forgetful, neglectful, negligent.

Mine, v. a. Sap, undermine.

Mineral, n. Inorganic body.

Mineral oil, Petroleum, mineral tar, rock oil, mineral oil, Barbadoes tar, Seneca oil.

Mineral pitch, Asphaltum, native bitumen, Jew's pitch.

Mineral tar, Mineral oil.

Minever, n. [Written also Meniver.] Ermine, stoat.

Mingle, v. a. 1. Mix, intermix, commingle, intermingle, compound, blend.

2. Jumble, confound, confuse, huddle together, shuffle together.

Miniature, n. Small portrait.

Miniature, a. Little, small, diminutive.

Minikin, a. Small, little, diminutive, wee, tiny, Pygmy, Pygmean, Liliputian, dwarfish.

Minim, n. 1. Minnow, pink.

2. Drop, sixtieth part of a drachm.

3. (Music.) Two crotchets, half a semibreve.

Minimum, n. Least quantity, least part.

Minion, n. Favorite (in an ill sense), creature, dependant, parasite, hanger-on.

Minister, n. 1. Administrator (of executive authority), executive officer (of a sovereign or of a government).

2. Ambassador, envoy, plenipotentiary.

3. Clergyman, divine, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.

Minister, v. a. Give, afford, supply, furnish.

Minister, v. n. Serve, perform service, do service.

Minister to, Aid, help, assist, succor, give assistance to, supply with what is needed.

Ministration, n. Agency, instrumentality.

Ministry, n. 1. Cabinet, council, administration.

2. Office of a clergyman, ecclesiastical function.

Minium, n. Red lead, red oxide of lead.

Mink, n. Minx, North-American pole-cat (Mustela vison).

Minnow, n. Minim, pink (Lenciscus phoxinus).

Minor, a. 1. Less, smaller.

2. Inferior, subordinate.

3. Inconsiderable, petty.

Minority, n. 1. Nonage, pupilage.

2. Smaller number.

Minstrel, n. Musician, singer, bard.

Minstrelsy, n. Music, melody, harmony.

Minute, a. 1. Little, slender, capillary, very small.

2. Circumstantial, particular, critical.

Minute, n. 1. Sixtieth part of an hour.

2. Sixtieth part of a degree.

3. Note, memorandum.

Minute, v. a. Note, take a note of, jot down.

Minutiæ, n. pl. [L.] Minute particulars, minor details.

Minx, n. Mink, North-American pole-cat (Mustela vison).

Miracle, n. Marvel, wonder, prodigy.

Miraculous, a. 1. Supernatural.

2. Wonderful, extraordinary, passing strange, very strange, unaccountable.

Mire, n. Mud, ooze, slime.

Mire, v. n. Sink in mud.

Mirror, n. 1. Reflector, looking-glass.

2. Speculum.

3. Pattern, model, exemplar, example, prototype, archetype, protoplast, paragon.

Mirror, v. a. Reflect.

Mirth, n. Merriment, hilarity, jollity, joviality, gayety, merry-making, sport, fun.

Mirthful, a. Merry, jovial, gay, lively, cheerful, jocund, vivacious, jolly, playful, sportive, frolicsome.

Miry, a. Muddy.

Misadventure, n. Mischance, mishap, misfortune, reverse, ill-luck.

Misanthrope, n. Man-hater.

Misapply, v. a. Misemploy, abuse, pervert, make an ill use of.

Misapprehend, v. a. Misunderstand, misconceive, mistake.

Misapprehension, n. Misunderstanding, misconception, mistake.

Misbehave, v. n. Behave ill.

Misbehavior, n. Misconduct, miscarriage, ill conduct, ill behavior.

Miscalculate, v. a. Misreckon.

Miscall, v. a. Misname, misterm.

Miscarriage, n. 1. Failure, mishap, mischance.

2. Abortion, untimely birth.

3. Misconduct, misbehavior, ill conduct, ill behavior.

Miscarry, v. n. 1. Fail, be unsuccessful, be defeated.

2. Go wrong, fail in conveyance.

Miscegenation, n. [Recent.] Amalgamation.

Miscellaneous, a. Diversified, various, promiscuous, mixed, mingled, of various kinds.

Miscellany, n. Mixture, medley, diversity, variety, olio, farrago, salmagundi, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, mish-mash, gallimaufry, mélange, miscellaneous collection, olla podrida.

Mischance, n. Misfortune, mishap, ill-luck, misadventure, calamity.

Mischief, n. 1. Evil, ill, harm, injury, damage, hurt, detriment, disadvantage, prejudice.

2. Trouble, misfortune, ill consequence.

Mischievous, a. 1. Hurtful, injurious, detrimental, pernicious, destructive, noxious.

2. Vicious, wicked, sinful, prone to mischief.

Misconceive, v. a. Misapprehend, misunderstand, misjudge, mistake.

Misconduct, n. Misbehavior, ill conduct, bad conduct.

Misconduct, v. a. Mismanage, manage ill.

Misconstrue, v. a. 1. Mistranslate, misrender.

2. Misinterpret, explain wrongly.

Misdate, n. Anachronism.

Miscreant, n. 1. [Rare.] Unbeliever, infidel, sceptic.

2. Villain, scoundrel, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp, scapegrace, ruffian, vile wretch, caitiff.

Misdeed, n. Transgression, trespass, offence, delinquency, misdemeanor, fault, misdoing, crime, evil deed.

Misdemeanor, n. Transgression, trespass, fault, misdeed.

Misdoing, n. Offence, misdeed.

Misemploy, v. a. Misuse, misapply, pervert, abuse, make an ill use of.

Misemployment, n. Misuse, abuse.

Miser, n. Niggard, curmudgeon, hunks, skinflint, lickpenny, churl, sordid wretch.

Miserable, a. 1. Unhappy (as respects the condition of the mind), wretched, distressed, afflicted, comfortless, disconsolate, forlorn, broken-hearted, heart-broken.

2. Worthless, valueless, very poor (in quality).

3. Low, mean, abject, despicable, contemptible.

Miserly, a. Covetous, avaricious, niggardly, sordid, stingy, parsimonious, penurious, close, mean, close-fisted.

Misery, n. 1. Distress, wretchedness, woe, tribulation, desolation, sorrow, grief, affliction, heartache, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, great unhappiness.

2. Calamity, misfortune.

Misfortune, n. Disaster, calamity, reverse, affliction, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, adversity, distress, hardship, trouble, ill-luck, ill fortune.

Misgiving, n. Doubt, distrust, suspicion, want of confidence.

Misguide, v. a. Mislead, misdirect.

Mishap, n. Misfortune, mischance, misadventure, calamity, ill luck.