| blunder | | |
| n. (act) | 1. bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall | an embarrassing mistake. |
| ~ error, fault, mistake | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" |
| ~ bobble | the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball.; "the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out" |
| ~ snafu | an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up. |
| ~ spectacle | a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself. |
| ~ bull | a serious and ludicrous blunder.; "he made a bad bull of the assignment" |
| ~ fumble, muff | (sports) dropping the ball. |
| ~ fluff | a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines). |
| ~ faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism, gaucherie | a socially awkward or tactless act. |
| ~ howler | a glaring blunder. |
| ~ clanger | a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate.; "he dropped a clanger" |
| ~ misstep, trip-up, stumble, trip | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder.; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" |
| v. (social) | 2. blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.; "I blundered during the job interview" |
| ~ breach, infract, transgress, go against, offend, violate, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| v. (motion) | 3. blunder, fumble | make one's way clumsily or blindly.; "He fumbled towards the door" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| v. (communication) | 4. blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate | utter impulsively.; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| mistake | | |
| n. (act) | 1. error, fault, mistake | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" |
| ~ nonaccomplishment, nonachievement | an act that does not achieve its intended goal. |
| ~ blot, smirch, smear, stain, spot | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it.; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" |
| ~ mix-up, confusion | a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" |
| ~ incursion | the mistake of incurring liability or blame. |
| ~ miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning | a mistake in calculating. |
| ~ distortion | the mistake of misrepresenting the facts. |
| ~ parapraxis, slip-up, miscue, slip | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.. |
| ~ offside | (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.). |
| ~ lapse, oversight | a mistake resulting from inattention. |
| ~ omission, skip | a mistake resulting from neglect. |
| ~ blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, bloomer, fuckup, pratfall | an embarrassing mistake. |
| ~ balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up | something badly botched or muddled. |
| ~ betise, folly, imbecility, stupidity, foolishness | a stupid mistake. |
| ~ renege, revoke | the mistake of not following suit when able to do so. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. misapprehension, mistake, misunderstanding | an understanding of something that is not correct.; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister" |
| ~ misconception | an incorrect conception. |
| n. (communication) | 3. error, mistake | part of a statement that is not correct.; "the book was full of errors" |
| ~ misstatement | a statement that contains a mistake. |
| ~ corrigendum | a printer's error; to be corrected. |
| ~ erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error | a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. misidentify, mistake | identify incorrectly.; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister" |
| ~ identify | consider to be equal or the same.; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives" |
| ~ confuse, confound | mistake one thing for another.; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. err, mistake, slip | to make a mistake or be incorrect. |
| ~ misremember | remember incorrectly.; "I misremembered the date" |
| ~ slip up, trip up, stumble | make an error.; "She slipped up and revealed the name" |
| ~ misjudge | judge incorrectly. |
| ~ fall for | be deceived, duped, or entrapped by.; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story" |
| miss | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman | a young woman.; "a young lady of 18" |
| ~ babe, sister, baby | (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women. |
| ~ belle | a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals.; "she was the belle of the ball" |
| ~ bimbo | a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men. |
| ~ chachka, tchotchke, tchotchkeleh, tsatske, tshatshke | (Yiddish) an attractive, unconventional woman. |
| ~ chit | a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect.; "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class"; "she's a saucy chit" |
| ~ colleen | an Irish girl. |
| ~ dame, wench, chick, doll, bird, skirt | informal terms for a (young) woman. |
| ~ flapper | a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress. |
| ~ gal | alliterative term for girl (or woman). |
| ~ gamine | a girl of impish appeal. |
| ~ gibson girl | the idealized American girl of the 1890s as pictured by C. D. Gibson. |
| ~ jeune fille, lass, lassie, young girl | a girl or young woman who is unmarried. |
| ~ maiden, maid | an unmarried girl (especially a virgin). |
| ~ may queen, queen of the may | the girl chosen queen of a May Day festival. |
| ~ mill-girl | a girl who works in a mill. |
| ~ party girl | an attractive young woman hired to attend parties and entertain men. |
| ~ peri | a beautiful and graceful girl. |
| ~ ring girl | a young woman who holds up cards indicating the number of the next round at prize fights. |
| ~ rosebud | (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl. |
| ~ sex bomb, sex kitten, sexpot | a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal. |
| ~ shop girl | a young female shop assistant. |
| ~ soubrette | a pert or flirtatious young girl. |
| ~ sweater girl | a girl with an attractive bust who wears tight sweaters. |
| ~ hoyden, tomboy, romp | a girl who behaves in a boyish manner. |
| ~ valley girl | a girl who grew up in the tract housing in the San Fernando Valley. |
| ~ adult female, woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
| ~ working girl | a young woman who is employed. |
| n. (event) | 2. misfire, miss | a failure to hit (or meet or find etc). |
| ~ failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose.; "the surprise party was a complete failure" |
| n. (communication) | 3. miss | a form of address for an unmarried woman. |
| ~ form of address, title of respect, title | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'.; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title" |
| v. (perception) | 4. lose, miss | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind.; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said" |
| ~ overlook | look past, fail to notice. |
| v. (emotion) | 5. miss | feel or suffer from the lack of.; "He misses his mother" |
| ~ regret, rue, repent | feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about. |
| ~ regret | feel sad about the loss or absence of. |
| ~ desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| v. (stative) | 6. miss | fail to attend an event or activity.; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week" |
| ~ fail, neglect | fail to do something; leave something undone.; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" |
| ~ skip, cut | intentionally fail to attend.; "cut class" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit | leave undone or leave out.; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" |
| ~ forget | forget to do something.; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!" |
| ~ pass over, skip, skip over, jump | bypass.; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" |
| v. (motion) | 8. miss | fail to reach or get to.; "She missed her train" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| v. (stative) | 9. lack, miss | be without.; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" |
| ~ want | be without, lack; be deficient in.; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter" |
| ~ exclude | lack or fail to include.; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages" |
| v. (contact) | 10. miss | fail to reach.; "The arrow missed the target" |
| ~ overshoot | shoot beyond or over (a target). |
| ~ undershoot | shoot short of or below (a target). |
| v. (stative) | 11. miss | be absent.; "The child had been missing for a week" |
| v. (communication) | 12. escape, miss | fail to experience.; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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