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misconstrue

verb

1 misconstrue

Interpret in the wrong way:
— She misconstrued my remarks.

synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand.

Roget 523: misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply; mistake etc. 495.    misrepresent, pervert; ... show more

Dutch: misvatten, misverstaan


Moby thesaurus: bias, color, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture, misdeem, misdirect ... show more.

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