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Misinterpret

🔄 Synonyms of "Misinterpret"

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WordDefinition
misconstrueverb(transitive) To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
misunderstandverb(transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.
misconceiveverbTo misunderstand.
misreadverbTo read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of.
misapprehendverb(transitive) To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Misinterpret"

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WordDefinition
misapprehendverb(transitive) To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
misconstrueverb(transitive) To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
misreadverbTo read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of.
misconceiveverbTo misunderstand.
misunderstandverb(transitive) To understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly.
distortverb(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
interpretverbTo explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
misconstructnounTo construe or interpret erroneously.
mishearnoun(ambitransitive) To hear wrongly.
misgraspverbTo fail to correctly understand; misunderstand.
misperceiveverbTo perceive erroneously.
misfigureverbTo misrepresent or disguise.
misconsiderverbTo consider wrongly; to misjudge.
mismeanverb(transitive) To mean or intend wrongly; mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.
misconsterverbObsolete form of misconstrue. [(transitive) To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.]
misjudgeverbTo make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess.
mistakenounAn error.
mislistenverbTo misunderstand or misinterpret something to which one listens, especially as a result of poor attention.
miskennoun(transitive, UK dialectal) To misunderstand; mistake; have the wrong idea of.
misdecipherverbTo decipher incorrectly.

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