Misconstrue

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To construe or interpret erroneously; take in a wrong sense; misjudge; misunderstand.
  • Synonyms See construe and translate.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. interpret in the wrong way
    • Verb Form
    misconstrued    misconstrues    misconstruing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    see    interpret    construe   
    Form
    misconstrued    misconstruing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pervert   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou   
     
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