Reverse Dictionary: MISD – MISF

MISDEED – nouns
– AMISS † an error; a fault; a misdeed …L15
– DEFAULT † a failure in duty; a wrong act or deed; a fault, misdeed, offence …a1225
– MISAMEANNESS misdeeds, sins …1969 Amer. dial.
– MISFAIT † misdeed …a1450
– MISGUILT † offense, misdeed, crime …c1200
– OFFENSION † hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault …c1374
misdeed – verbs
– SIN-BIN to temporarily remove a person from duty or office while they are under investigation for some misdeed …1983 Aust. sl.
 
MISDIRECTION – nouns
– WRONG STEER misdirection, both literally and figuratively …20C US sl.
 
MISER, MISERLINESS, MISERLY – adjectives
– CARKING † miserly, niggardly …1748 obs. or arch.
– CHEAPSKATE miserly …1903 US sl.
– CHINCHY stingy, miserly, niggardly, penurious …1899 Amer. dial.
– CHINCY, CHINSY miserly, stingy …1940 Amer. sl.
– CHINTZ miserly, stingy …1963 Amer. sl.
– CHINTZY miserly, stingy …1902
– CLUTCH-FIST miserly …a1643
– GAIR eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly …1719 Sc.
– GARE eager, covetous, desirous of wealth; miserly …1719 Sc.
– GRAFTY stingy, miserly …1970 Amer. dial.
– GRIPPLE-MINDED † of a miserly, greedy, or grasping disposition …1626
– HAIVERY miserly, greedy of money …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HARD close-fisted, grasping, penurious, miserly; covetous …1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HARD-BACKED miserly, stingy, noted for driving hard bargains …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HARD-HANDED † miserly, parsimonious …1587
– HAVING † desirous of having or possessing; greedy, covetous, grasping; acquisitive; miserly, penurious …1591 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– IRON-FISTED close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, miserly, stingy, mean …1826
– MEASLY mean, miserly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MEECHY greedy in money matters; miserly …1968 Amer. dial.
– MINGY-MINDED mean, stingy, niggardly, miserly …1959 colloq.
– MISDEEDED miserly, covetous …Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
– MISERABLE miserly, stingy; greedy, covetous …1853 Eng. dial.  
– MISERD miserly, parsimonious …1825 Sc. 
– MISERTISH miserly, avaricious …1824 Sc. 
– MISERTLY miserly, avaricious …Bk1903 N. Ireland 
– NABALISTIC † churlish; miserly …1659
– NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous  …1616
– NEAR-BEGAUN niggardly, miserly …1789 Sc.
– NEAR-BEGONE niggardly, miserly …Bk1905 N. Ireland
– NEAR-BEHADDIN niggardly, miserly …Bk1905 Sc.
– NEAR-FISTED niggardly, miserly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEAR-GAWN niggardly, miserly …1773 Sc.
– NEAR-GOING niggardly, miserly …1773 Sc.
– NEETY miserly, stingy, niggardly …1892 Sc. & Ireland
– NICKEL-NURSING miserly …1910s US sl.
– NIGGISH † niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious …1542
– NIPCHEESE mean, miserly, niggardly …1819
– NIPPING † miserly, niggardly, mean, hard-natured …1808 Sc. 
– NIRPID miserly, stingy …1899 Sc. 
– NITTIE miserly, stingy, niggardly …1892 Sc.
– NIZZLIN greedy, niggardly, miserly, wasting time on trifles as a result of greed …1808 Sc. 
– PARTAN-HANDED close-fisted, stingy, mean, miserly, grasping, tight-fisted …1823 Sc.
– PENURIOUS extremely stingy; miserly …1590
– RHINY miserly, close-fisted; too stingy to be clean …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAVE-ALL parsimonious, stingy, miserly …1812
– SCALY miserly, stingy, mean; thievish, dishonest, tricky …1851 Eng. dial.
– SCRAPE-GOOD † miserly, stingy, avaricious …a1693
– SCRIMY stingy, miserly, niggardly …1943 Amer. dial.
– SKINFLINTY niggardly, miserly …1901
– SKINNY mean, miserly, niggardly, stingy …1833
– SNUDGE mean, miserly, crabby …1855 Eng. dial.
miser, miserliness, miserly – nouns
– CHINCHERY † niggardliness, miserliness, avarice …c1386
– EUCLIONISM †* stinginess, miserliness …1599
– MISERDOM the habits and practices of a miser …1887
– MISERHOOD * miserliness …1867
– MISERISM * miserliness …1798
– SKINFLINTINESS niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony …1861
– SKINFLINTISM niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony …1893
miser, miserliness, miserly – person
– ANOINTER a miser, a skinflint …1892 Eng. dial.
– BAGGER † a miser; he who encloses in bags …1740
– BEAR a grasping person; a miser …1989 US sl.
– BITE a miserly person …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BITE-FIG a miserly person …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BOG POCKET a tightwad, a miser …World War II Amer. sl.
– CHEAP-SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain …1899 Amer. dial.
– CHEAPSKATE a miserly person; a stingy person …1896 US
– CHINCE a stingy or miserly person …1949 Amer. sl.
– CHINCH a miserly or mean person; a stingy person …a1300
– CHINTZ a stingy or miserly person …a1989 Amer. sl.
– CIMBICK a miserly fellow; a miser, a niggard …19C
– CLUNCHFIST † a miser, a niggardly person, one who is close-fisted …1606
– CLUSTERFIST a close-fisted, mean, or grasping fellow; a miserly fellow, a niggard …1652
– CLUTCH-FIST a miser, a niggard …17C
– CORBIE a miserly, grasping person …Bk1997 Irish sl. 
– CUM-TWANG † term of abuse, reproach, or contempt; apparently, a miser …1599
– DRY-FIST † a miserly, niggardly, stingy or parsimonious person …1604
– DRY-HASH a miser; also, a loafer …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– DRYSIDES a grasping, miserly fellow …19C Eng. dial.
– EARTHWORM a mean or grovelling or servile person – a covetous, grasping person – a miser – a sordid wretch …1594
– GATHERER † one who gathers wealth, as opposed to ‘spender’ or ‘waster’; a miser …a1513
– GEAR-GATHERER a money-making man; a hoarder of wealth …1825
– GIELANGER, GILAINGER † a deceitful person; a cheat, a swindler; a miser …1590 Sc.
– GIVER FROM FALL RIVER a miser …Bk1945 jive usage
– GLOBBER a miser …B1900 Eng. dial.
– GLUBBER † a miser …B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GREEDYGUT a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person …1899 Amer. dial.
– GREEDYGUTS a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person …1942 Amer. dial.
– GRIPE-PENNY † a niggardly fellow, a miser …1860
– HAKE a greedy, grasping discontented person; a miser; a pertinacious asker or beggar; a covetous person …1855
– HALF-SIR a churl; a miser …1843 Ireland
– HARD-FIST a miserly person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HASPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man …1781 Eng. dial.
– HESPIN a close-fisted person; a miser; a greedy and over-reaching man …1781 Eng. dial.
– HOG-GRUBBER † a mean, stingy, sneaking fellow; a close-fisted fellow; a miser, a niggard …a1700
– HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man …1602
– KIKE (derogatory) a Jew, esp. one considered greedy, miserly, stingy, dishonest, untrustworthy, or shrewd; hence, any person thought to have such characteristics …1904 Amer. dial.
– KUMBIX † a miser, a niggard …1857
– LICKPENNY † one who ‘licks up’ the pennies; a greedy, covetous person; a miser; a spendthrift; an extortioner …a1400
– MISERD a miser, a close-fisted, avaricious person …1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
– MOKERAD †* a miser; a deceiver …a1400
– MOKERARD †* a miser …a1400
– MOKERERS † misers …Bk1872
– MONEY-CODGER †* a miser …1818
– MONEY-HUGGER a miser; a lover of money …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
– MONEY-MISER † one who hoards wealth, and spends as little money as possible; a skinflint, a miserly person …1650
– MOOLY PENNY a nickname for a miser …1865 Sc.
– MORKIN-GNOFF †* a miser …1602
– MOSS DOG a miser, a stingy fellow …1925 sl.
– MUCKERER †* one who hoards wealth, or scrapes money together; a miser, niggard …1303
– MUCKWORM a selfish wretch; a miser …16C colloq.
– MUGLARD †* a miser …c1440
– NABAL a churlish or miserly person; a narrow-minded, greedy person …1604
– NABALITE † a churlish or miserly person …1645
– NABBLE a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser …1792 Sc.
– NABBLER a grasping, hoarding person; one who is careful to meanness about money; a miser …1911 Sc.
– NAGAS, NAGUS * a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person – a miserly person …1508 Sc.
– NAGRE a niggardly or miserly person …Bk1828 Eng. dial.
– NAGUR, NAIGUR a niggardly or miserly person …Bk1950 Ireland
– NICKEL NURSER a miser …1910s US sl.
– NICKEL SQUEEZER a mean, miserly person …1920s US sl.
– NICK-THE-BANE a miser, a niggard …1964 Sc. 
– NIGON † a parsimonious person, a niggard, a miser …1303
– NIPCHEESE a mean or miserly person; a parsimonious, covetous person; a skinflint …1825
– NIPFARTHING † a mean miser; a skinflint; a niggardly person …1566
– NIRP a miser …1908 Sc. 
– OAF a miser …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OLD FILE a miser …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OLD FLINT a miser …M19 sl.
– OLD HUDDLE a miser …M16 sl.
– OLD HUDDLE AND TWANG a miser …M16 sl.
– OLD HUNX a dirty old man; a miser …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PENNY-FATHER † a man who is too careful of his pence; an old miser, a niggard, a skinflint, a parsimonious person …1549
– PENNY PINCHER a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person …1920
– PIG a miser, a stingy or greedy person …1951 Amer. dial.
– PINCH-BELLY one who denies himself or others sufficient food; one who starves others; a niggard, a miser …1648-60
– PINCH-COMMONS one who stints the supply of food for himself or others; a parsimonious or stingy person; a miser, a niggard …1822
– PINCH-FART † a miserly or stingy person; a niggard …1592
– PINCHPENNY † a miser, a niggard, a skinflint; a covetous man …c1412
– SAVE-ALL a niggardly, stingy, miserly person …1785
– SCAB a stingy person; a miser …1987 Aust. sl. 
– SCHLAPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing …1940s sl., orig. US
– SCHLEPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing …1940s sl., orig. US
– SCRAE, SKRAE, SKRAY a miser, a skinflint …1940 Sc. 
– SCRAPE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser …a1790
– SCRAPE-DAYTIONS a careful, miserly person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAPE-DISH a careful, miserly person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAPE-GOOD † a miser, a niggard, a covetous person …1611
– SCRAPE-HARD a miser …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRAPE-PENNY † one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person; a miserly, stingy person; a niggard …1584
– SCRAPIE a miser; a greedy, avaricious person …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRAPPER a miser; a penurious, niggardly person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAT a saving, industrious person; a mean, niggardly, contemptible fellow;  a miser …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRAT-PENNY a greedy, miserly person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRATTER a saving, thrifty, or miserly person …1881 Eng. dial.
– SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain …1899 Amer. dial.
– SCRIMP a miser; a skinflint; a mean, niggardly person …Bk1904 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SCRINGE a searcher; esp. a child or animal who searches out things not intended for him; a mean, miserly person …1892 Sc.
– SCROACKER a miserly person …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHARE-PENNY †* one who would shear a penny; a mean person of the worst kind; a niggard, a miser …1606
– SHITE-STICKS † a mean, miserly fellow …1659
– SHIT-STICKS †* a miser …1598 sl.
– SHLEPPER a miserly person who wants something for nothing …1940s sl., orig. US
– SHORT JOHN a niggardly, miserly, or stingy person; one who does things in a cheap style …1909 Amer. dial.
– SILVER-HIDER † a miser …1611
– SKITE a cross or unlikable man, somewhat miserly, or inclined to be dishonest in money matters …1911 Amer. dial.
– SNIBBLE-NOSE one who would save even the droppings of his nose; a term of reproach for a mean-spirited, covetous person; a niggardly miser …1746 Eng. dial.
– SNICKET † a miser, a stingy, saving person …1703 Eng. dial.
– SNUDGE † a mean, avaricious person; a niggard, a miser, a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow …1545 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SPLACK-NUCK a miser …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SPUNG a miser …Bk1889 sl.
– VINEGAR PISSER a miser; a mean person …E17 sl.
– VIP a miser …1930s Aust. sl.
– VOLPONE † a cunning schemer or miser; a hoarder of wealth …1710
– WARNOUR † a miser, a wretch, a niggard …1513 Sc.
– WORLD’S WORM a miser; a niggardly person …1786 Sc.
– YETHGRUB a slave to covetousness; a miser …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
– YETHMAWK a slave to covetousness; a miser …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
– YETHWORM a slave to covetousness; a miser …Bk1873 Eng. dial.
miser, miserliness, miserly – verbs
– HAVE THE HARD DROP IN ONE to be miserly or penurious …1848 Ireland
– MISE † to be miserly …1579
– MIZE to act like a miser; to hoard money …1970 Amer. dial.
– NIRP to withhold in a miserly fashion …1964 Sc. 
– SNUDGE † to be miserly, stingy, or saving …c1540
 
MISERABLE – adjectives (includes MISERABLE-LOOKING)
– BAD-HEARTED melancholy, miserable, down-hearted …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BALEFUL unhappy, wretched, miserable; distressed, sorrowful, mournful …c1325 arch.
– BLUE miserable, melancholy, dejected …a1450
– CAITIFF vile, base, mean, basely wicked; worthless, miserable, wretched …a1300
– DAUNY, DAWNEY, DAWNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly; weakly; delicate, in poor health  …Bk1900 Irish usage
– DAWLSOME dull, dreary, miserable; nauseating …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DEAD ALIVE miserable, down in the mouth …M19 sl.
– DEAD AND ALIVE miserable, down in the mouth …M19 sl.
– DICKY poorly; out of sorts; poor; miserable …Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– DOG-BOLT † wretched, miserable, mean, base, degraded, contemptible …1580
– DONNY wretched; miserable; pale; sickly-looking …Irish usage
– DOWLY doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely …LME N. Eng. dial.
– ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable …c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ELENGELY † solitary, cheerless, miserable, dejected …c1305
– FEEBLE † of a period, event, etc.: miserable, ill-starred, unhappy …1297
– FRIDAY-FACED † sad-looking, melancholy, gloomy, sour-featured, miserable, gloomy …c1600
– HAPPY AS A BASTARD ON FATHER’S DAY miserable, depressed …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– HAPPY AS A BOXING KANGAROO IN FOG utterly miserable …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– HEAN † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial …c825
– HENE † mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial …c825
– ILL-OFF poor, miserable, ill-used …1891 Sc.
– IN THE MOPES feeling miserable …E19 sl.
– KAGOU looking miserable, unenthusiastic, ‘sorry for oneself’ …20C W. Indies sl.
– MIMSY miserable and flimsy …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MIS miserable …L19 sl.
– MISEASY † miserable; wretched; uneasy; uncomfortable …c1290
– MISER, MYSER † miserable, wretched …1542
– MISERABLE AS A BANDICOOT most unhappy, miserable …1888 Aust. sl.
– MISERABLE AS A SHAG ON A ROCK very miserable …1845 Aust. colloq.
– MISEROUS † miserable …c1475
– MISHAPPY † unhappy, miserable, sad, wretched …c1386
– MIZ miserable …L19 sl.
– MOPEY AS A WET HEN miserable, gloomy …20C Aust. & NZ sl.
– OFF ONE’S FEED depressed, miserable, nervous …M19 sl.
– OORIE of persons and things: dismal, gloomy, miserable-looking from cold or illness; cold and cheerless, depressing, dejected …1785 Sc.
– OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected …1869 Sc.
– OORLICK of persons: miserable-looking from cold, hunger, or illness; pinched, haggard, shivery, out-of-sorts …1768 Sc.
– OOZLY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down …1824 Sc.
– OOZLY-LOOKING slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down …1824 Sc.
– OURIE of persons and things: dismal, gloomy, miserable-looking from cold or illness; cold and cheerless, depressing, dejected …1785 Sc.
– OUSLEY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down …1824 Sc.
– OZELLY slovenly, unkempt; miserable, broken-down …1824 Sc.
– RASCALLY wretched, miserable, mean …1606
– SAT-UPON depressed, miserable …L19 sl.
– SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly …1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SEEDY wretched, miserable …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SUFFRETOUS † needy, in want, miserable …c1450
– TINPOT wretched, miserable …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TINPOTTY wretched, miserable …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– UNBLESTFUL † unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune …1608
– UNCOMFORTLESS † miserable …1598
– UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts …1777 Eng. dial.
– UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts …1777 Eng. dial.
– UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts …1777 Eng. dial.
– UNLUCKY depressed, miserable …1889 Eng. dial.
– VENGEABLE † miserable, wretched …c1430
– WALLOWISH pinched and miserable-looking; faint from hunger …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WANLICHE † miserable, wretched …1205
– WANSOME † miserable, unhappy …c1250
– WELSH pinched and miserable-looking; faint from hunger …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
miserable – nouns
– FACE LIKE A SEA-BOOT, A a long-drawn ‘fathom of misery’; a miserable or glum face …c1930 sl.
– FACE LIKE A SLAPPED ARSE, A a very miserable-looking countenance …1999 UK sl.
– FACE LIKE A YARD OF PUMP-WATER, A a ‘long’ face; a miserable or glum face …20C colloq.
– SCREWTON-NEWTONS a miserable feeling in mind and body; a fit of the dumps, a gloomy, melancholy state of mind …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
miserable – person 
– ‘APPY DAY a miserable, pessimistic type, a grumbler of the worst kind …Bk1950 Royal Navy sl.
– BRETHEL † a worthless fellow; a good-for-nothing wretch; a miserable wretch …c1440
– CAITIFF † a wretched, miserable person; a poor wretch; one in a piteous case …c1325
– DEATH’S HEAD a miserable, impoverished, emaciated person …L18 sl.
– DEATH’S HEAD UPON A MOP-STICK a poor, miserable, emaciated fellow …1794
– FACE-ACHE an ugly, irritating, or miserable-looking person …Bk1988 Aust. & Brit. sl. 
– FAGGOT a general term of abuse, usually of women or children; a shrewish, bad-tempered, or offensive woman; an old or dissipated woman; an unpleasant, miserable woman …1591
– FRIDAY-FACE – † a grave, dismal, or gloomy expression of the countenance; a gloomy, dejected-looking or miserable-looking man or woman …1592
– GAWDELPUS an ineffectual, useless, or incompetent person; a generally miserable looking person …1908 sl. 
– HAPPY BOLLOCKS a miserable man …Bk2004 Brit. sl.
– HAPPY-PRATT a miserable woman …Bk2004 Brit. sl.
– HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man …1602
– LAZY-ASS SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person …1940s sl., orig. US
– MISER † a wretch, a miserable person …1820 Sc.  
– MIZZOG a miserable person …Bk2004 Brit. sl.
– MOPE a dim-witted, dreamy, or miserable person …M16 sl.
– NANNY PINCH-POT a penurious person; a covetous, miserable wretch …1893 Eng. dial.
– OBJECT a deformed or diseased person; an imbecile; a miserable creature …1718 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SAD SACK a contemptible person; a miserable, depressed person …1943 sl., chiefly US
– SAD SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person …1943 sl., orig. US
– SCAA a thin, miserable-looking person …Bk1904 Eng. dial. 
– SCRAPE-ALL † a miserable wretch or griping fellow; a miser …a1790
– SORRY SACK OF SHIT a miserable, pessimistic, morale-lowering person …1940s sl., orig. US
– SPALPEEN a disagreeable, miserable, or contemptible person; a low, mean, or good-for-nothing fellow; a worthless person; a rogue, a rascal, a scamp …1815 Irish
– TALL STREAK OF MISERY a person who is always morose or miserable …Bk1988 Aust. sl. 
miserable – verbs
– ERUMNATE † to impoverish, to make poor or miserable …1692
– HAVE A FACE LIKE HALF-PAST SIX to look miserable …L19 sl.
– HAVE ONE’S FACE AT HALF-PAST EIGHT to look miserable …L19 sl.
– LOOK LIKE DEATH ON A MOPSTICK to look very miserable …B1900 Eng. dial.
– MISERATE to render miserable …Bk1903 Eng. dial. 
– SAD SACK to act or move in a miserable, depressed manner …1970s US sl.
– UNCOMFORT * to render miserable …1637
miserable – phrases
– FACE LIKE A CHOOK’S ARSE a miserable expression …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– FACE LIKE A YARD OF TRIPE a miserable expression …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– FACE LIKE YESTERDAY describing a very miserable-looking face …1900s sl.
 
MISERABLY – adverbs
– CAITIFLY † wretchedly, miserably …1393
– ELENGELY † drearily, miserably, dejectedly, gloomily …1377
 
MISERY – nouns (includes MISERABLENESS)
– BALE mental suffering; misery, sorrow, grief …c1325
– CAITIFDOM † wretchedness, misery …c1460
– CAITIFHEDE † wretchedness, misery …c1340
– CAITIFNESS † wretchedness, misery …1393
– CAITIFTY † wretchedness, misery …a1300
– CHAIN LIGHTNING n. torment or misery, esp. a severe scolding; hell …1866 US sl.
– DOG’S LIFE, A a life of misery, or of miserable subservience …a1528
– ELENGENESSE † loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom …c1320
– HARD SLEDDIN’ poverty, hardship, misery …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MARRIAGE FACE a miserable face …L19 UK middle class usage
– MEAGRIES miseries, ills …1885 Sc.
– MIS a misery …L19 sl.
– MISEASE trouble, misery …c1225
– MISERABILITY * miserableness …1559
– MISERITY † misery …1533 Sc.
– MISS a misery …L19 sl.
– MIZZ a misery …L19 sl.
– UNISELE † unhappiness, misery …c1205
– WANDRETH † misery, distress, hardship; adversity, poverty …c1175
– WANE † misery, woe …a1200
misery – verbs
– LEAD A DOG’S LIFE to lead a life of misery or miserable subservience …1597
misery – phrases
– PAIN IN ONE’S OWN ARSE one’s own worst enemy; said of someone who is often the cause of his own misery …Brit. sl.
 
MISFIT – person
– DUMB CROOKER a social misfit …1963 US sl.
– EGGO a fool, a misfit …1980s US college sl.
– EIGHT BALL a bungler; a troublemaker; a misfit …1933 US sl.
– EXTRA SPOKE a misfit; someone who doesn’t seem to ‘fit in’ …1950 Amer. dial.
– MESS-UP a troublemaker or misfit …1944 US sl.
– MOEGIE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout …1953 S. Afr. colloq.
– MOEGOE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit; a lazy lout …1953 S. Afr. colloq.
– MOGGOE (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit …1953 S. Afr. colloq.
– MOGO (derogatory) a country bumpkin; a rustic; a dull, foolish, or gullible person; a person who fails to fit in, a misfit …1953 S. Afr. colloq.
– MONZ a social reject; a misfit …2001 UK juvenile sl.
– OUTLAW one who is crude or ill-mannered; a misfit; a child who misbehaves; an insignificant person; an immoral woman …1965 Amer. dial.
– SACKY DACKY a depressed misfit …1946 US sl.
– SAD SACK a miserable and depressing individual; an inept misfit …1943 US sl., orig. military usage
– SPACE CADET a misfit; an unappealing person …1989 US college sl.
– SQUARE PEG a misfit …1930 Amer. sl.
– SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE a misfit; an outcast …Bk1958 sl. 
 
MISFORTUNE – adjectives
– BLUPT suffering misfortune from want of foresight …Bk1911 Sc.
– MISCHANCEFUL † accompanied by mischance or misfortune; unfortunate …a1400
– MISDIGHT † ill-treated, brought to misfortune …a1225
– SNAKE-BIT irremediably doomed to misfortune …1957 US
– SNAKE-BITTEN irremediably doomed to misfortune …1957 US
– UNBLESTFUL † unfortunate, wretched, miserable, suffering misfortune …1608
– UNSONSY unlucky, unfortunate; ominous, fatal, causing ill-luck or misfortune …1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
misfortune – nouns
– AMBS-ACE bad luck, misfortune, worthlessness …E16 sl.
– AMSHA misfortune …Irish sl.
– ANTERCAST a misfortune …1768 Sc.
– AUNTERCAST a misfortune …1768 Sc.
– BACKCAST a misfortune, reverse; used often of a relapse during illness or a moral backsliding …1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BACKSET a check, a hindrance; a reverse, misfortune …1721
– BEGINK a disappointment, misfortune …1725 Sc.
– BEGONK a trick, a disappointment, misfortune …1725 Eng. dial.
– BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune …1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BLACK COW a misfortune …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BLACK OX a misfortune; a bereavement; a great calamity …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BLUP a misfortune or mistake owing to want of foresight …Bk1911 Sc.
– COLD GRUEL misfortune, ill-luck …Bk1903 sl.
– CROPPER a severe misfortune, personal failure, etc. …M19 colloq.
– CUT an act whereby the feelings are deeply wounded, as a sarcasm, an act of unkindness, etc.; a severe disaster or misfortune; a blow, a shock …1568
– DAMAGE † a matter for regret, a misfortune …c1385
– EMSHA misfortune …Irish sl.
– GUTSER, GUTZER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune …1910s Aust. sl.
– GUTZER a disappointment; a let-down; a misfortune …1910s Aust. sl.
– GYPSY’S WARNING in works of fiction: a sinister warning or prophecy from a Gypsy; now generally: any warning or sign of impending misfortune …1824
– HAP misfortune, an accident …c1275
– HAPMENT an event, an occurrence, esp. an ill event; a misfortune, an accident …1842 Eng. dial.
– HARD HAP misfortune, adversity …1874 Eng. dial.
– HARD-SAILING trouble, misfortune …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HORSE ON ONE a turn of fortune against one; misfortune …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding …1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ILL-HAP misfortune …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ILL SUCCESS failure, misadventure, misfortune …1823 arch.
– ILL YEAR † misfortune, disaster …1598
– JUBBERTY a difficulty; a vexatious occurrence; a misfortune …B1900 Eng. dial.
– LOUD ONE a misfortune …WWI army sl.
– LUR † misfortune, loss …Bk1886
– MALAPAVIS a mischance, a misfortune …1825 Sc.
– MALE FORTUNE † misfortune …1470-85
– MALEURTEE † misfortune …1471
– MALHEUR † misfortune …1471
– MELANDER a disturbance; an accident; a misfortune …1873 Eng. dial.
– MIRE-SNIPE an accident, misfortune …1825 Sc.  
– MISCARRIAGE a misfortune …1883 Sc. 
– MISCHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck …1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
– MISCOMFORTUNE a misfortune, mishap …Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
– MISCOMHAP † a misfortune, mishap …Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
– MISHANTER a misfortune, mischance, accident; ill-luck …1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
– MISS FORTUNE misfortune …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ON-CAST a misfortune, burden …1897 Sc.
– OPPRESS † the act of weighing down or bearing heavily on a person, the mind, feelings, etc.; the condition of being pressed hard by misfortune, distress …c1470
– OPPRESSION † the act of weighing down or bearing heavily on a person, the mind, feelings, etc.; the condition of being pressed hard by misfortune, distress …1382
– PURLER a sudden dramatic misfortune or failure …1883 colloq.
– SAINT-PETER’S NEEDLE suffering; a trial, a serious misfortune …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SHOWER † a stroke of misfortune; a hardship or difficulty; an injury …a1375
– SITHE † mishap, misfortune, trouble …c1205
– TILLIE LICK † an unexpected misfortune or calamity …Bk1905 Sc.
– TILLIE-LICKIT † an unexpected misfortune or calamity …Bk1905 Sc.
– UNCHANCE mischance, misfortune, a calamity …a1400-50 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNILIMP † misfortune, mishap …c1200
– UNISELTH † unhappiness, misfortune …a1200
– UNLIMP † misfortune, mishap …c1200
– UNSHIRTED HELL trouble, hell, misfortune …1932 US sl.
– UNSITHE † mishap, misfortune …a1250
– UNWHATE † misfortune …a1250
– VANHAP † misfortune …1513 Sc.
– WANCHANCE † ill-luck, misfortune …1599 Sc.
– WANFORTUNE † misfortune …a1500 Sc.
– WANHAP † misfortune …1513 Sc.
– WANWEIRD † hard lot, ill fate, misfortune …1513 Sc.
misfortune – person
– JONAH one who brings bad luck or one who suffers severe misfortune …M19 sl.
misfortune – verbs 
– BURST ONE’S BOILER to come to grief, to bring to grief; to suffer disappointment, misfortune or other trouble …1824 US
– BUY THE RABBIT * to be unsuccessful or have misfortune; to get the worst of a deal, to fare badly …1807 sl.
– CATCH A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune …1925 sl.
– COME A PURLER to fall heavily head first; so suffer sudden misfortune or failure …1908 colloq.
– COP A PACKET to suffer trouble or misfortune …1925 sl.
– GET SALT to be thwarted, to encounter misfortune …1950s US Black & W. Indies sl.
– GO THROUGH SAINT-PETER’S NEEDLE to suffer a serious misfortune …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– HAG to cast spells; to cast a spell on, to bring misfortune to …1938 Amer. dial. DARE online
– MEET WITH THE RUBBERS to have misfortune, ill-luck …Bk1896 Amer. dial.
misfortune – interjections/phrases
– AIN’T LIFE A GRIN a cynical expression of misfortune …1970s US college sl.
– ANOTHER DOUBLE MUG IS BROKE said when a new misfortune or disaster has occurred …19C Eng. dial.
– DEVIL OWED HER A CAKE AND HAS PAID HER A LOAF, THE a great instead of a small misfortune has befallen her …17C colloq.
– IN A HARD ROW OF STUMPS in a bad way …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SILLY-GRIN! an ironical exclamation imparting pain or misfortune …1910s Aust. sl.