Misconstrue

/mɪskənˈstɹuː/

Synonyms for "misconstrue" (80 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Verb(4 words)

misconceive misinterpretbe amissdistort

bias color contort distort err garbleget one wrongget wrongglossjudge amissmisapply misappreciate

Strong matches (24)

Related words (40)

Noun(7 words)

misinterpreting misparse misreading misreads mistaking misunderstandingstart time misread

Verb(9 words)

misinterprets misjudged misread misunderstandmisunderstand the instructionsmisunderstands misunderstood overinterprettwist meaning

misjudge misquote misread misreckon misrender misrepresent miss mistake misthink mistranslate misunderstand misuse misvalue mock pervert slant squeeze strainstrain the sensetorture

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twisttwist the wordsvarnish wrench

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5 relation types

More general

6 entries

analyze construe evaluate interpret read see

More specific

8 entries

distort datadistort intentdistort meaningmisreadoverinterpret datatake out of contexttwist intenttwist meaning

Collocations

6 entries

misconstrue a statementmisconstrue evidencemisconstrue someone's wordsmisconstrue the datamisconstrue the intentmisconstrue the meaning

Inflections

3 entries

misconstrued misconstrues misconstruing

Derivations

2 entries

misconstrual misconstruction

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You've somehow managed to misconstrue what I have said.

Source: tatoeba (1511592)

Do not misconstrue what I say.

Source: tatoeba (10184899)

His words were misconstrued as an insult.

Source: wiktionary

It’s easy to misconstrue her silence as agreement.

Source: wiktionary

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