miss

Long for someone

Miss is two different words, usually easily distinguishable by context.

To miss is to fail or fail to experience in some way (miss the target, miss a phone call.

If you miss someone, either you weren’t available when a meeting was possible, or you are sad for their absence.

A miss is an instance of missing, a failure of some kind.

Miss is also a title for a young or unmarried woman (usually capitalized), and by extension designates a young woman, or (in the plural, misses) a clothing size for young women: Miss Johnson will be attending the ceremony with her parents.

failure

fail

Be unsuccessful

flunkFail a course
botchSpoil through incompetence
blunderFoolish, costly mistake

bungle · error · mishap · oversight · slip · fumble · overlook · skip · forget · neglect

longing

yearn

Deeply desire something

piningAching with prolonged desire
achePersistent dull discomfort
homesickLonging for one's dwelling

nostalgia · wistful · melancholy · hiraeth · heartache · languish · forlorn · sigh · reminisce · sentimentality

target

aim

Purpose or direction

shootDischarge or capture
wideOf great breadth
overshootGo beyond intended point

undershoot · bullseye · dart · arrow · marksman · accuracy · trajectory · dodge · evade · swerve

absence

skip

To deliberately exclude

lackDeficiency or absence
gapUnfilled space between
lostUnable to navigate

unaccounted · disappearance · gone · away · vacant · empty · without · excluded · bypassed · overlooked

miss

fail

yearn

aim

skip

miss

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