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move, trip, stumble, slip: One misstep meant a fall into the
abyss. 2 indiscretion, mistake, lapse, faux pas, oversight,
error, gaffe, Colloq slip-up, Slang howler, Brit bloomer, US and
Canadian blooper, goof: Her misstep was telling her fianc‚'s
mother that she had formerly been an artist's model.
mist n. 1 fog, haze, smog, (low-hanging) cloud, vapour; drizzle,
Brit dialect mizzle: I could scarcely make out the road in the
mist.
--v. 2 Usually, mist up or over. cloud (up or over), becloud,
fog, befog, dim, blur, film, steam up: The mirror in the
bathroom had misted up when I was having a shower.
mistake n. 1 misconception, misapprehension, error, fault,
miscalculation, misjudgement, blunder, botch, fumble, bad move,
misstep, slip, erratum, gaffe, faux pas, Colloq boo-boo,
clanger, muff, howler, Brit boob, bloomer, US blooper, goof,
goof-up, flub: Giving Aston a salary rise was a mistake. 2
indiscretion, misstep, false step, wrong move: It was a mistake
not to stand up when she entered.
--v. 3 misunderstand, misinterpret, misjudge, misconstrue, take
the wrong way, get wrong, misread, misapprehend: The fool
mistook my remark as a compliment. 4 mistake for. mix up with,
misidentify as, confuse with, take for: In the dark, she
mistook him for her husband.
mistaken adj. 1 (all or completely) wrong, amiss, incorrect, in error,
wide of the mark, in the wrong, inaccurate, out of order, Colloq
barking up the wrong tree, off, (way) off the beam, on the wrong
track, US full of hot air, Slang full of it (= Taboo 'full of
shit'), US all wet: I may be mistaken, but I thought I saw your
wife with Lord Cholmondley. 2 erroneous, faulty, false,
fallacious, misinformed, incorrect, wrong, inaccurate, flawed,
warped, distorted, twisted, misguided, Slang cock-eyed: You
have a mistaken impression of me.
mistreat v. abuse, maltreat, ill-use, ill-treat, misuse, damage,
manhandle, harm; hurt, injure, molest, maul, rough up,
brutalize: He was found guilty of mistreating his dogs. She was
mistreated by her husband for years.