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mistreatment
n. abuse, maltreatment, ill use, ill-treatment, brutalization,
misuse; manhandling, molestation, mauling, roughing-up, rough
handling, battery, assault: This mistreatment of employees must
stop at once. The children complained of their parents'
mistreatment.
mistress n. 1 lover, girlfriend, live-in lover, kept woman, concubine,
inamorata, paramour, Literary odalisque, Archaic doxy, Colloq US
alternative other, POSSLQ (= 'Person of the Opposite Sex Sharing
Living Quarters'): She was the mistress of a leading
politician. 2 schoolmistress, instructress, governess;
headmistress: She had a rewarding career as a mistress in a
girls' school in Lancashire.
mistrust v. 1 suspect, distrust, be suspicious of, doubt, be or feel
wary or suspicious or doubtful of or about, have (one's) doubts
about, question, have reservations; beware; Slang be or feel
leery of or about: He has not done anything specifically bad,
but I mistrust his motives.
--n. 2 suspicion, distrust, doubt, scepticism, wariness,
reservation, chariness, misgiving(s), uncertainty, unsureness,
apprehension, apprehensiveness: Is there nothing I can say to
dispel your mistrust of me?
misty adj. cloudy, foggy, hazy, murky; fuzzy, dim, blurred, blurry,
unclear, indistinct, vague, dark, opaque, shadowy, obscure,
unintelligible: It is very misty, so drive carefully. I have
only the mistiest idea of what you mean.
misunderstand
v. misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misapprehend, get
(it or it all) wrong, get the wrong idea (about), misread,
misjudge, miscalculate, miss the point (of): He understood your
words but misunderstood your meaning.
misunderstanding
n. 1 misconception, misconstruction, misinterpretation,
misapprehension, misreading, misjudgement, miscalculation, wrong
idea, wrong or false impression, mistaking, Technical
parasynesis: Misunderstanding of the law is no excuse for
flouting it. 2 disagreement, discord, dispute, argument,