Synonyms for take amiss
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-mis |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈmɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for take amiss Other synonyms for the word take amiss
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be in a huff
- be insulted
- be offended by
- be perplexed
- be put off by
- be rubbed wrong way
- be vexed
- bear a grudge
- feel bitter
- feel sore
- frown at
- get nose out of joint
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- grudge
- harbor a grudge
- have hard feelings
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscomprehend
- misconceive
- misknow
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- object to
- take amiss
- take as an insult
- take exception
- take offense
- take umbrage
- take wrongly
Définition of take amiss
Origin :- mid-13c., amis "off the mark," also "out of order," literally "on the miss," from a "in, on" (see a- (1)) + missen "fail to hit" (see miss (v.)). To take (something) amiss originally (late 14c.) was "to miss the meaning of" (see mistake). Now it means "to misinterpret in a bad sense."
- As in misunderstand : verb get the wrong idea
- As in resent : verb be angry about
- As in misconceive : verb misunderstand
- As in misread : verb misunderstand
- On my honour as a gentleman, I will never say another word that you can take amiss.
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- "Dear Johanna, you must not take amiss what he says," Helena began, with a furtive smile.
- Extract from : « A Noble Name » by Claire Von Glmer
- I hope you did not take amiss my declining your visit yesterday.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Curlydown was a strictly hospitable man, and in his own house would not appear to take amiss anything his guest might say.
- Extract from : « John Caldigate » by Anthony Trollope
- If ever I am in rough water and foul weather, I hope he will not take amiss anything I have here written about him.
- Extract from : « Saunterings » by Charles Dudley Warner
- I only hope that if ever anything of all this is published they will not take amiss anything written herein.
- Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
- I afterwards told him my opinion of this species of prayer, which however, he did not take amiss.
- Extract from : « Travels in England in 1782 » by Charles P. Moritz
- Who could take amiss the rebuke of the kindly satirist, who was so ready to show up his own weaknesses?
- Extract from : « Horace » by Theodore Martin
- "Then I advise you to go and do likewise," rejoined his new friend with a geniality impossible to take amiss.
- Extract from : « The Thousandth Woman » by Ernest W. Hornung
- It would clearly be impossible to take amiss anything that this woman might choose to say.
- Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver
Antonyms for take amiss
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