As soon as the news of this discovery was made known, false reports, misrepresentation, and slander flew as on the wings of the wind in every direction.
Source: tatoeba (11554721)
Misrepresentation
//mɪsˌɹɛpɹɪzɛnˈteɪʃən//
Synonyms for "misrepresentation" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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7 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
21 translations across 12 languages.
Czech
1 entries- misreprezentace noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Dutch
2 entries- onjuiste weergave noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
- verkeerde voorstelling noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Finnish
2 entries- väärinkäsitys noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
- väärinymmärrys noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
French
2 entries- déformation noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
- image fausse noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Galician
1 entries- terxiversación noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
German
3 entries- Falschdarstellung noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
- Fehldarstellung noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
- falsche Darstellung noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Italian
1 entries- travisamento noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Latin
1 entries- calumnia noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Malayalam
2 entries- തിരിമറി noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
- തെറ്റായി അവതരിപ്പിക്കൽ noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Māori
1 entries- aweketanga noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Polish
4 entries- fałszywe przedstawienie noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
- przekręcenie noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
- wypaczenie noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
- zniekształcenie noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Spanish
1 entries- tergiversación noun (erroneous statements, or the act of making these)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Near-synonyms: mischaracterization, misportrayal
Source: wiktionary
[…] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, […]
Source: wiktionary
I was especially astonished at one of their many misrepresentations: I mean when they told you that you must be careful not to let me deceive you – the implication being that I am a skilful speaker.
Source: wiktionary
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