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Definition of Miscarry
1. Verb. Be unsuccessful. "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
Specialized synonyms: Take It On The Chin, Miss, Overreach, Ball Up, Blow, Bobble, Bodge, Bollix, Bollix Up, Bollocks, Bollocks Up, Botch, Botch Up, Bumble, Bungle, Flub, Fluff, Foul Up, Fuck Up, Fumble, Louse Up, Mess Up, Mishandle, Muck Up, Muff, Screw Up, Spoil, Strike Out, Fall, Shipwreck, Fall Flat, Fall Through, Flop, Founder
Derivative terms: Failure, Failure, Failure, Failure, Miscarriage
Antonyms: Succeed
2. Verb. Suffer a miscarriage.
Definition of Miscarry
1. v. i. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.
Definition of Miscarry
1. Verb. (obsolete) To have an unfortunate accident of some kind; to be killed, or come to harm. (defdate 14th-18th c.) ¹
2. Verb. (rare) To go astray; to do something wrong. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
3. Verb. To have a miscarriage; to abort a foetus, usually without intent to do so. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
4. Verb. To fail to achieve some purpose; to be unsuccessful, to go wrong (of a business, project etc.). (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
5. Verb. Of a letter etc.: to fail to reach its intended recipient. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Miscarry
1. to be unsuccessful [v -RIED, -RYING, -RIES]
Medical Definition of Miscarry
1. To have a miscarriage. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miscarry
Literary usage of Miscarry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski (1902)
"... were in direct opposition to freedom of the civic conscience, and they ended
in making the elective regime and representative government miscarry. ..."
2. Evenings with a Reviewer: Or, Macaulay and Bacon by James Spedding (1881)
"B. How the reconciliation came to miscarry, I am not sure that Bacon himself
could have told you,—more than that it was hy no fault of his. ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides (1855)
"... whom, though conquered, you can never retain in their obedience; and who, in
case the attempt against them miscarry, will for the future be much more ..."
4. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"I have writ every post, and you accuse me without reason. I can't imagine how
they should miscarry; perhaps you have by this time received ..."
5. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"... miscarry. Then while the honour thou hast gat Is spick and span »ICH-, piping
hot, Strike her up bravely, thou hadst best, And trust thy fortune with ..."
6. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"They will miscarry, — I rec'lee' Men ain't made angels in a day, The right to be
his own oppressor ; But a loose Gov'ment ain't the plan, Democ'acy gives ..."
7. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"... for cutting off Pope miscarry—Capture of Captain Fitzhugh with Important
Orders— Longstreet puts General Toombs under Arrest—General Pope withdraws. ..."
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