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Search phrase: miss

Plays

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All's Well That Ends WellAW I.i.223To show her merit that did miss her love?To shew her merit, that did misse her loue?
All's Well That Ends WellAW I.iii.251What I can help thee to, thou shalt not miss.What I can helpe thee to, thou shalt not misse.
CoriolanusCor II.i.229It was his word. O, he would miss it ratherIt was his word: / Oh he would misse it, rather
CymbelineCym III.vi.9I could not miss my way. Will poor folks lie,I could not misse my way. Will poore Folkes lye
HamletHam IV.i.43Transports his poisoned shot, may miss our name
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.iv.104O, I should have a heavy miss of theeO, I should haue a heauy misse of thee,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.119You find not the apostrophus, and so missYou finde not the apostraphas, and so misse
MacbethMac II.ii.12He could not miss 'em. Had he not resembledHe could not misse 'em. Had he not resembled
MacbethMac III.iv.89And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we miss.And to our deere Friend Banquo, whom we misse:
MacbethMac V.vi.74I would the friends we miss were safe arrived.I would the Friends we misse, were safe arriu'd.
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.i.37Miss that which one unworthier may attain,Misse that which one vnworthier may attaine,
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.12So will I never be. So may you miss me.So will I neuer be, so may you misse me,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.95wife, and one, I tell you, that will not miss you morningwife, and one (I tell you) that will not misse you morning
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.v.51Well, be gone. I will not miss her.Well, be gone: I will not misse her.
Richard IIR2 I.ii.49Or if misfortune miss the first career,Or if misfortune misse the first carreere,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.i.208Well, in that hit you miss. She'll not be hitWell in that hit you misse, sheel not be hit
The Taming of the ShrewTS V.ii.18You are very sensible, and yet you miss my sense:You are verie sencible, and yet you misse my sence:
The TempestTem I.ii.311We cannot miss him. He does make our fire,We cannot misse him: he do's make our fire,
The TempestTem V.i.95Why, that's my dainty Ariel! I shall miss thee,Why that's my dainty Ariell: I shall misse
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.268And if we miss to meet him handsomely,And if we misse to meete him hansomely,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.384That we have better men. But, hit or miss,That we haue better men. But hit or misse,
The Winter's TaleWT II.ii.44That your free undertaking cannot missThat your free vndertaking cannot misse
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.491When he shall miss me – as, in faith, I mean notWhen he shall misse me, as (in faith I meane not

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.53 He saith she is immodest, blames her miss; He saith, she is immodest, blames her misse,

Glossary

 9 result(s).
glancemiss the mark, be ineffective
lackmiss, be no longer here
losemiss, lose out on, be deprived of
missforgo, do without, go without
missfail to meet, let down
missbe unsuccessful, be inadequate
misswrong-doing, misbehaviour, misdeed
overshoot[miss a target by shooting too high] go astray in aim, wide of the mark
wantmiss, feel the loss of

Thesaurus

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mark, miss theglance
misswant
misslack
misslose
miss the markglance

Themes and Topics

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Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...us to gertrude] so haply slander may miss our name heavy (adj ) sorrowful sad g...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
AMISSBASICsee MISS
MISSBASICamiss adv, miss n, miss v, missed adj, missing n, missingly adv

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