miry, adj. dirty, unclean, soiled, grimy, grubby, stained, spotted, smudged; filthy, muddy, muddied, slimy, oozy; bedraggled, dirt-encrusted; foul, begrimed, besmeared, smirchy, befouled; Inf. sloppy, Inf. scruffy, SI. crummy, SI. grungy, SI. yucky.
misadventure, n. 1. misfortune, mishap, mischance, miscarriage, Scot. and North Eng. mishanter, glitch, casualty, accident; shock, blow, nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck or fortune; tragedy, disaster, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm.
2. mistake, blunder, Inf. slip-up, SI. boner, SI. boo-boo; slip, leak; failure, fiasco, Inf. flop, Inf. fizzle, Inf. dud, Inf. washout, SI. bomb, SI. turkey.
3. adversity, affliction, hurt, harm, evil, woe, Archaic. ruin, ruination, bale; infelicity, ill or bad luck, ill or bad fortune, evil wind, dark cloud or star, storm clouds; trouble, the devil to pay; reverse, reversal, reverse of fortune, setback, comedown, bitter pill; cross, check, checkmate.
misanthrope, n. hater of mankind, man-hater, woman-hater, misogynist, misogamist; loner, hermit, recluse, lone wolf; egoist, narcissist, cynic,
misanthropic, adj. man-hating, woman-hating, mis-ogynic; egoistic, narcissistic, egocentric, cynical, wrapped up in oneself; antisocial, unsociable, hard to get along with; surly, discourteous, short, rude, impolite; uncaring, unsympathetic, inhumane.
misanthropy, n. hatred or distrust of mankind, misogyny, misogamy; egoism, narcissism, egocentricity, selfishness, going one's own way, looking out for number one, cynicism; surliness, cruelty, inhumanity, malevolence.
misapply, v. misuse, misemploy, misappropriate,
misapprehend, v. misunderstand, mistake, be mistaken, misread, misconstrue, misconceive, misinterpret; misjudge, miscalculate, miscount, misreckon; get the wrong idea, get a false impression; slip up, SI. goof, err, blunder.
misapprehension, n. misunderstanding, misconstruction, misreading, mistaking, misconception, misinterpretation; misjudgment, miscalculation; warped or mistaken notion, wrong idea, false belief or impression; fallacy, error, delusion, distortion,
misappropriate, v. 1. steal, peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate; swindle, pocket, mulct, shark.
2. misuse, misemploy, misapply; abuse, profane, desecrate, prostitute, pervert; misspend, squander, waste, dissipate, SI. blow,
misappropriation, n. 1. stealing, theft, thievery, robbery; peculation, embezzlement, Law. defalcation; swindling, pocketing, mulcting, sharking.
2. misuse, misapplication; abuse, profanation, desecration, prostitution, perversion,
misbegotten, adj. 1. illegitimate, misbegot, bastard, spurious, base; natural, unfathered, baseborn, hedgeborn, adulterine.
2. ill-gotten, illicit, unlawful, contraband, black-market.
3. deformed, miscreated, misshapen, ill-made, ugly, grotesque; hunchbacked, humpbacked, malformed, twisted, crippled, crooked.
misbehave, v. misconduct oneself, show poor manners, be bad, disobey, not listen, Brit, kick over the traces; carry on, act up, Inf. fool around, Inf. cut up, Inf. horse around; Inf. raise the devil, Inf. raise heck, Inf raise hob, Inf. raise red, SI. raise hell; forget oneself, err, transgress, trespass; fail, slip, trip, commit a faux pas, offend.
misbehaved, adj. naughty, bad, impish, mischievous, disobedient, misbehaving; disorderly, rowdy, boisterous, noisy; unmannerly, rude, ill-mannered, ill-behaved, discourteous; ungentlemanly, unladylike, ungracious, uncivil, indecorous.
