| mischance |
an unfortunate incident; accident or mishap. |
| mischief |
conduct or behavior that is often playful but causes annoyance and sometimes damage or injury. [3 definitions] |
| mischief-maker |
a person who creates trouble or discord among others, esp. by gossiping. |
| mischievous |
having a tendency toward annoying or mildly injurious behavior; causing mischief. [3 definitions] |
| miscible |
capable of being mixed together. |
| misconceive |
to interpret or understand wrongly; misunderstand. |
| misconception |
an error in understanding or conceiving; wrong notion or idea. |
| misconduct |
improper, often unlawful behavior; misbehavior. [3 definitions] |
| misconstrue |
to fail to correctly understand the meaning of; misinterpret. |
| miscount |
to count or calculate incorrectly. [2 definitions] |
| miscreant |
evil or malevolent; villainous. [2 definitions] |
| miscue |
in sports, an error, as in handling the ball. [6 definitions] |
| misdate |
to date incorrectly or assign an incorrect date to. [2 definitions] |
| misdeal |
to deal (a deck of playing cards) incorrectly. [2 definitions] |
| misdeed |
an unacceptable, evil, or illegal act. |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| misdiagnose |
to assign an incorrect diagnosis to. [2 definitions] |
| misdirect |
to lead or direct incorrectly; give the wrong directions to. [2 definitions] |
| misdo |
to do incorrectly or poorly; bungle. |
| mise en scène |
(French) the way in which performers and props are arranged or directed for a theatrical or movie production. |
| misemploy |
to employ wrongly; misuse. |