misjudge
verb
1 misjudge
Judge incorrectly.
Roget 477:
judge intuitively,
judge by intuition;
hazard a proposition,
hazard a guess,
talk at random.
reason ill,
falsely
etc.
adj.;
misjudge
etc.
481;
paralogize†.
take on faith,
take as a given;
assume
(supposition)
514.
pervert,
quibble;
equivocate,
mystify,
evade,
elude;
gloss over,
varnish;
misteach
etc.
538†;
mislead
etc.
(error)
495;
cavil,
refine,
subtilize†,
split hairs;
misrepresent
etc.
(lie)
544.
beg the question,
reason in a circle,
reason in circles,
assume the conclusion.
cut blocks with a razor,
beat about the bush,
play fast and loose,
play fast and loose with the facts,
blow hot and cold,
prove that black is white and white black,
travel out of the record,
parler a tort et a travers [Fr.],
put oneself out of court,
not have a leg to stand on.
judge hastily,
shoot from the hip,
jump to conclusions
(misjudgment)
481.
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Roget 481:
misjudge,
misestimate,
misthink†,
misconjecture†,
misconceive
etc.
(error)
495;
fly in the face of facts;
miscalculate,
misreckon,
miscompute.
overestimate
etc.
482;
underestimate
etc.
483.
prejudge,
forejudge;
presuppose,
presume,
prejudicate†;
dogmatize;
have a bias
etc.
n.;
have only one idea;
jurare in verba magistri [Lat.],
run away with the notion;
jump to a conclusion,
rush to a conclusion,
leap to a conclusion,
judge hastily,
shoot from the hip,
jump to conclusions;
look only at one side of the shield;
view with jaundiced eye,
view through distorting spectacles;
not see beyond one's nose;
dare pondus fumo [Lat.];
get the wrong sow by the ear
etc.
(blunder)
699.
give a bias,
give a twist;
bias,
warp,
twist;
prejudice,
prepossess.
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Dutch: verkijken, vertillen
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misjudging
adjective
Roget 481:
misjudging
etc.
v.;
ill-judging,
wrong-headed;
prejudiced
etc.
v.;
jaundiced;
shortsighted,
purblind;
partial,
one-sided,
superficial.
narrow-minded,
narrow-souled†;
mean-spirited;
confined,
illiberal,
intolerant,
besotted,
infatuated,
fanatical,
entete [Fr.],
positive,
dogmatic,
conceited;
opinative,
opiniative†;
opinioned,
opinionate,
opinionative,
opinionated;
self-opinioned,
wedded to an opinion,
opini=atre;
bigoted
etc.
(obstinate)
606;
crotchety,
fussy,
impracticable;
unreasonable,
stupid
etc.
499;
credulous
etc.
486;
warped.
misjudged
etc.
v..
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