2. drizzle, Dial, mizzle, fine rain, light rain, misty rain. -v. 3. cloud, becloud, cloud up, cloud over; fog, befog; blur, dim, film, pale, soften, defocus, go soft around the edges.
4. drizzle, Dial, mizzle, rain lightly, mistake, n. 1. error, inaccuracy, fallacy, erratum, corrigendum, Sports, miscue; fault, flaw, human error; oversight, omission.
2. blunder, botch, bungle, fumble, flub, muff, Inf. bobble; leak, slip, slip of the tongue or pen, Inf. slipup; All SI. pratfall, fool mistake, dumb trick, foul-up, louse-up, screw-up, boner, boo-boo, boot, goof, blooper, clinker, clunker.
3. misunderstanding, misconception, misapprehension; misidentification; miscalculation, misestimation; misjudgment, error in judgment, misreckoning; misconstruction, misreading, misinterpretation, wrong impression.
4. faux pas, gaffe, social blunder or indiscretion, indiscretion, slip in conduct, mistake in conduct or etiquette or propriety, breach of etiquette or manners; misdeed, transgression, dereliction, misconduct, contretemps; false step, wrong step, misstep, false move, wrong move, bad move, trip, stumble; offense, peccadillo. -v. 5. confound, confuse, confuse with one another, take for, take for another, mix up, mis-choose.
6. misunderstand, misconceive, misapprehend; misinterpret, misread; misjudge, misdeem; miscalculate, miscount, misreckon; misconstrue, take wrong or the wrong way, get wrong.
7. err, slip, Inf. slip up, make a mistake, fly in the face of, miscue, sin; blunder, botch, bungle, fumble, flub, muff, Inf. drop the ball, Inf. put one's foot in one's mouth; All SI. goof, boot, bobble, screw up, foul up, louse up, gum up, make or pull a boner, make a boo-boo.
8. be in the wrong, be at fault; be wide of or off the mark, SI. bark up the wrong tree, SI. be way off base; deceive or delude or trick oneself. mistaken, adj. 1. inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, unprecise; faulty, flawed, unsound, illogical, SI. cockeyed; misinterpreted, misread, misunderstood, misapprehended, misconstrued.
2. erroneous, incorrect, amiss, wrong, all wrong, SI. all wet, SI. full of beans or prunes, SI. full of hot air; false, fallacious, untrue, not true, not right; groundless, unfounded.
3. in error, erring, in the wrong; astray, wide of the mark, Inf. off base, SI. off the beam, SI. at sea, SI. out in left field; deceived, deluded. mister, n. 1. Mr., Esquire, Esq., Master, Fr. monsieur, It. signore, It. signorino, Sp. don, Sp. senor, Ger. Herr, Swahili, bwana, Hindustani, sahib. 2. Informal, (used in direct address) sir, sire, sirrah, you, you there; All SI. buster, buddy, bud, mack, pal, son, brother, man, fellah, guy, big boy, sport, U.S. Joe, U.S. Jack, Chiefly Scot. Jimmy.
3. Informal, husband, spouse, mate, Archaic, goodman; lord and master, head of the house or household, ruler of the roost, breadwinner; All Inf. the other half, old man, hubby, pop, dad, bed warmer, roommate.
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