List of synonyms from "take a stand against" to synonyms from "take an interest in"


Discover all the synonyms available for the terms take a swipe at, take account of, take all comers, take a walk, take aback, take a trip and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the synonyms associated with it.

Definition of the day : « take amiss »

  • As in misunderstand : verb get the wrong idea
  • As in resent : verb be angry about
  • As in misconceive : verb misunderstand
  • As in misread : verb misunderstand
Example sentences :
  • On my honour as a gentleman, I will never say another word that you can take amiss.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • "Dear Johanna, you must not take amiss what he says," Helena began, with a furtive smile.
  • Extract from : « A Noble Name » by Claire Von Glmer
  • I hope you did not take amiss my declining your visit yesterday.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Curlydown was a strictly hospitable man, and in his own house would not appear to take amiss anything his guest might say.
  • Extract from : « John Caldigate » by Anthony Trollope
  • If ever I am in rough water and foul weather, I hope he will not take amiss anything I have here written about him.
  • Extract from : « Saunterings » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • I only hope that if ever anything of all this is published they will not take amiss anything written herein.
  • Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
  • I afterwards told him my opinion of this species of prayer, which however, he did not take amiss.
  • Extract from : « Travels in England in 1782 » by Charles P. Moritz
  • Who could take amiss the rebuke of the kindly satirist, who was so ready to show up his own weaknesses?
  • Extract from : « Horace » by Theodore Martin
  • "Then I advise you to go and do likewise," rejoined his new friend with a geniality impossible to take amiss.
  • Extract from : « The Thousandth Woman » by Ernest W. Hornung
  • It would clearly be impossible to take amiss anything that this woman might choose to say.
  • Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver