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take amiss

VERB
misconceive
Synonyms
STRONG
confound confuse fail misapply misapprehend miscalculate misconstrue misinterpret misjudge misread miss mistake
WEAK
be at cross purposes be bewildered be confused be perplexed get signals crossed get signals mixed get wrong get wrong impression miscomprehend misknow misreckon miss the point not register take wrongly
Antonyms
STRONG
clarify clear up comprehend enlighten explain get perceive succeed understand
VERB
misread
Synonyms
STRONGEST
confuse miscalculate misconstrue misinterpret misjudge
STRONG
confound fail misapply misapprehend misconceive miss mistake
WEAK
be at cross purposes be bewildered be confused be perplexed get signals crossed get signals mixed get wrong get wrong impression miscomprehend misknow misreckon miss the point not register take wrongly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
understand
STRONG
comprehend succeed
VERB
misunderstand
Synonyms
STRONGEST
confuse miscalculate misconstrue misinterpret misjudge misread
STRONG
confound fail misapply misapprehend misconceive miss mistake
WEAK
be at cross purposes be bewildered be confused be perplexed get signals crossed get signals mixed get wrong get wrong impression miscomprehend misknow misreckon miss the point not register take wrongly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
understand
STRONG
comprehend succeed
WEAK
construe get grasp interpret perceive
VERB
resent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
dislike
STRONG
begrudge grudge
WEAK
be in a huff be insulted be offended by be put off by be rubbed wrong way be vexed bear a grudge feel bitter feel sore frown at get nose out of joint harbor a grudge have hard feelings object to take as an insult take exception take offense take umbrage
Antonyms
WEAK
be happy like love

Example Sentences

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George R. Tracy San Clemente, Calif. Not all vegetarians would take amiss John Leo's remark about their preverbal innocence.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was one of those enigmas in which the Delphian oracle usually spoke, saying things with a double meaning, and which men were apt to take amiss.

From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

If you think the Dutch would take amiss our not applying to them, I will join you in the application.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

Make poetry of what you please for me; But how if Mrs. Halm should take amiss Your breaking of her furniture to pieces?

From Love's Comedy by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)

What is there that I could take amiss in it?

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold