take amiss

take something amiss

and take something the wrong way

to understand something as wrong or insulting. Would you take it amiss if I told you I thought you look lovely? I was afraid you'd take it the wrong way.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
PacÍFica	pah-THEE-fee-kah (Spanish), pah-SEE-fee-kah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Paderau	-	Welsh
Downing	[dauniŋ]
Joakim	YO-ah-kim (Swedish), YO-ah-keem (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian
Alfred	['æ:frid]
Georgette	zhor-ZHET	French