Misses
Wedded women's honorifics
Misses is the plural of miss, meaning failures to hit, catch, or achieve something: After three misses, she finally sank the shot.
It also refers to multiple unmarried women or girls, the plural of the title Miss: The Misses Smith attended the ball.
This formal plural sounds old-fashioned; most people now say the Miss Smiths or avoid the construction entirely.
Married woman's title
lady · schoolteacher · governess · pageant · beauty · contestant · debutante · spinster
Does not succeed
- errorFault in communication
- mistakeWrong action or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- fumbleHandle with clumsy fingers
botch · flub · whiff · strikeout · swing · target · aim · shot
Omits or hops lightly
- overlooksMisses or surveys
- bypassesGoes around instead
- neglectsFails to care for
- ignoresRefuses to acknowledge
passes · avoids · excludes · forgets · disregards · oversees · loses · escapes
Mrs
Married woman's title
young · lady · schoolteacher · governess · pageant · beauty · contestant · debutante · spinster · maiden
fails
Does not succeed
fumble · botch · flub · whiff · strikeout · swing · target · aim · shot · throw
skips
Omits or hops lightly
ignores · passes · avoids · excludes · forgets · disregards · oversees · loses · escapes · eludes
yearns
Desires with intensity
longs · nostalgia · homesick · absence · separation · distance · memory · reminisce · heartache · wistful
close
Nearby or to shut
nearly · brush · escape · graze · skim · dodge · swerve · avoid · inches · hair
- I miss youExpression of absence-caused sadness
- missing outFailing to partake
- missed callPhone contact attempt failed
- hit or missLacking consistent reliability
- miss outFail to experience
- missed outFailed to partake
miss, missed, missing, missable, unmissed, mission, missionary, missions, missile