Misconstrue

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Misconstrue \Mis*con"strue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misconstrued};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Misconstruing}.]
     To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.
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           Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. --Dryden.


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           Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued.
                                                    --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  misconstrue
       v : interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments
           as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: {misinterpret},
            {misconceive}, {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}, {be
           amiss}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "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