misses

Shoots wide of target

Misses is the plural of miss in its noun senses: failed attempts, absences of contact, or young unmarried women.

He had two hits and three misses.

Several near misses made her nervous.

As a verb form, misses means fails to hit, catch, or attend: She misses her old friends.

The bus misses our stop entirely.

longing

yearning

Intense prolonged craving

heartache · homesickness · ache · craving · hiraeth · longing · regret · reminiscence · sorrow · bittersweet

absence

absence

State of not being

  • lackDeficiency or absence
  • voidWithout legal effect
  • gapUnfilled space between

emptiness · vacancy · omission · loss · disappearance · unavailability · shortage · deficiency · nonattendance · skipping

failure

error

Fault in communication

botch · oversight · slip · fumble · whiff · dropped ball · misfired · bungle · gaffe · flop

sports

shot

Quick liquor serving

field goal · penalty kick · target · basket · strike · swing · wide · short · long · saved

title

Mrs

Married woman's title

  • MsFemale title, unmarried or married
  • madamFormal address for women
  • ma'amPolite term for women

señorita · mademoiselle · young lady · unmarried woman · spinster · maiden · lass · damsel · debutante · pageant

Categories
Opposites
accuracy/contact

misseshits

Blows or successes

strikes · connects · lands · nails · reaches

perception/awareness

missesnotices

Perceives or announcements

catches · spots · sees · detects · perceives

attendance/presence

missesattends

Is present at

makes · catches · achieves · gets · seizes

Phrases
Family

miss, dismiss, missing, missed, misstep, remiss, misstate

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