Crossword-Solution: MISHAP
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Mishap | n. | Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance. |
| Mishap | v. i. | To happen unluckily; -- used impersonally. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAEET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MISHAP (5)
Peter reached the shore without mishap, and went straight on, his legs encountering the water as if quite unaware that they had entered a new element.
And they said to Pau-Puk-Keewis: “In your flying, look not downward, Take good heed and look not downward, Lest some strange mischance should happen, Lest some great mishap befall you!” Fast and far they fled to northward, Fast and far through mist and sunshine, Fed among the moors and fen-lands, Slept among the reeds and rushes.
The chief tragic event of the old man’s life, so far as I could judge, was his mishap with a certain goose, which lived and died some twenty or forty years ago: a goose of most promising figure, but which, at table, proved so inveterately tough, that the carving-knife would make no impression on its carcase, and it could only be divided with an axe and handsaw.
With a single blow of his mighty paw he crushes the skull of a bull, and woe betide the belated wayfarer who meets _el Adrea_ abroad at night.” Without further mishap they reached the hotel.
When, however, the operator is so unfortunate as to meet with this mishap, the utmost care must be observed in thoroughly cleaning the buff cover before further buffing.
Quotes with MISHAP (3)
Our past cannot be changed, and to be preoccupied with it is inefficient in time and effort. Likewise, by fretting over the future, we only exhaust ourselves, making us less able to effectively respond when the future is actually upon us. By worrying about a mishap that may or may not take place, we’re forced to undergo the event twice — once when imagining it and once again if and when we actually experience it.
You’re hurt.”“No. No, I’m fine. It’s not blood. The militiamen were adjusting Sir Lewis’s trebuchet, and there was a mishap. You took a melon for me.” She smiled, even though her lips trembled.
When actors encounter a mishap during a stage performance, they transform it for good purpose by employing a technique called,“use the difficulty.” How can you “use the difficulty” in your life?
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 85 times in crossword archives (1955–2025).