misfit, n. maverick, dropout, loner, lone wolf, solitary, solitary man, fish out of water, Inf. square peg in a round hole; nonconformist, individual, deviator, radical, SI. punk; crazy, flake, freak, three-dollar bill, crackpot, rare bird, queer fellow, queer duck, Inf. fruitcake; All SI. weirdo or weirdy, oddball, screwball, nut, loony, case, kook, squirrel, creep.
misfortune, n. 1. affliction, adversity, hurt, harm, woe, ruin, ruination, Archaic, bale; infelicity; ill or bad luck, ill or bad fortune, ambsace, evil eye, evil wind, dark cloud or star, storm clouds; trouble, the devil to pay; trial, tribulation, burden, weight; reverse, reversal, reverse of fortune, setback, comedown, bringdown, bitter pill; cross, check, checkmate.
2. mischance, mishap, miscarriage, misadventure, Scot. and North Eng. mishanter or mischanter, glitch, casualty, accident; shock, blow, nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck or fortune; calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy.
3. fluke, freak accident, one in a million, twist of fate; fortuity, happening, hap, hazard.
misgiving, n. doubt, question, hesitation, uncertainty, qualm, scruple; suspicion, mistrust, distrust, SI. bad vibes; uneasiness, apprehensiveness, Inf. butterflies, nervousness, queasiness, SI. heebie-jeebies, the jitters, SI. the willies, SI. the creeps; apprehension, fear, foreboding, presentiment, premonition, prescience, presage, feeling, odd feeling, bad feeling, Inf. funny feeling, anxiety, dread, worry, alarm, disquiet, solicitude, care, concern.
misguided, adj. misled, misdirected, misadvised, misinstructed, misinformed, deceived, led astray; unwise, injudicious, imprudent, impolitic, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-judged; mistaken, erroneous, fallacious, wrong, dead wrong, all wrong, at sea, wide of the mark, Inf. off, Inf. way-off, Inf. off by a mile, Inf. off base; on a false scent, on the wrong scent, on the wrong trail, Inf. barking up the wrong tree.
mishandle, v. 1. mistreat, abuse, maltreat. See - mistreat.
2. mismanage, misconduct, misgovern; bungle, fumble, blunder, botch, muddle, hash, make a mess of, mess up, misdo, Inf. muff, Inf. make a hash of, SI. screw up; misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate.
mishap, n. 1. accident, misfortune, misadventure, mischance, miscarriage, casualty, glitch, Scot. and North Eng. mishanter or mischanter; blow, nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck or fortune; calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy.
2. wreck, crash, car crash, collision, smash-up, crack-up, pile-up; flat, puncture, blowout; breakdown.
3. mistake, blunder, contretemps, Inf. slip-up, SI. boo-boo, SI. boner; slip, leak; oversight.
4. fluke, freak accident, one in a million, twist of fate; shock; fortuity, happening, hap, hazard.
5. adversity, infelicity, ill or bad luck, ill or bad fortune, affliction, hurt; ruin, collapse, downfall; reverse, reversal, reverse of fortune, setback, comedown, bitter pill; cross, check, checkmate; failure, fiasco, Inf. flop, Inf. fizzle, Inf. washout, SI. bomb, SI. turkey; muddle, mess, scrape.
