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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb misconstrue has 1 sense

• misconstrue(v = verb.cognition) be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"
is one way to construe, interpret, see
Derived forms noun misconstrual₁, noun misconstruction₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

misconstrue

bias, color, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture, misdeem, misdirect, misesteem, misestimate, misevaluate, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misreckon, misrender, misrepresent, mistake, misthink, mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, misvalue, pervert, slant, squeeze, strain, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, varnish, wrench

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misconstrue

Misinterpretation

VB misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply, mistake, misrepresent, pervert, explain wrongly, misstate, garble, distort, detort, travesty, play upon words, stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning, explain away, put a bad construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.

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