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  • 31To take an act thing amiss — Amiss A*miss , adv. [Pref. a + miss.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. [1913 Webster] What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Shak. [1913 Webster] Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. [1913 Webster] {To take… …

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  • 32take something amiss — be offended through misinterpreting something said. → the Amish …

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  • 33take something amiss — British to be offended by something, especially something that was not intended to be offensive …

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  • 34Wish Gone Amiss Weekend — Infobox Television episode Title = Wish Gone Amiss Weekend Series = Cory in the House The Suite Life of Zack Cody Hannah Montana Caption = Wish Gone Amiss DVD Cover Season = 1 (Cory) Season 3 (TSL) Season 2 (HM) Episode = 17 (Cory) Episode 69… …

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  • 35the\ wrong\ way — • take amiss • the wrong way v. phr. To become offended due to a misunderstanding. I hope you won t take it amiss, the boss said to Jane, that I find you irresistibly attractive …

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  • 36Resentment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resentment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 resentment resentment displeasure animosity anger wrath indignation Sgm: N 1 exasperation exasperation bitter resentment wrathful indignation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …

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  • 37Dislike — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dislike >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dislike dislike distaste disrelish disinclination displacency GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 reluctance reluctance Sgm: N 2 backwardness backwardness &c.(unwillingness) 603 …

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  • 38a|miss — «uh MIHS», adverb, adjective. –adv. not the way it should be; out of order; at fault; in a wrong way; wrongly: »You must be tired; your work is going amiss today. –adj. improper; wrong: »Something is amiss when a boy will not eat for days. ● ↑ …

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  • 39mind — Synonyms and related words: Mnemosyne, affect memory, aim, ambition, ambivalent, anima, anima humana, animadvert, animus, anterograde memory, appetence, appetency, appetite, aptitude, ardor, aspiration, assumption, astral body, astuteness,… …

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  • 40resentment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of having been affronted Nouns 1. resentment, displeasure, animosity, anger, wrath, indignation, exasperation; pique, umbrage, huff, miff, soreness, dudgeon, acerbity, virulence, bitterness,… …

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