Misinterpret

3 definitions found

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

  Misinterpret \Mis`in*ter"pret\, v. t.
     To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a
     wrong sense.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  misinterpret
       v 1: interpret falsely
       2: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" [syn: {misread}]
       3: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments
          as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: {misconstrue},
           {misconceive}, {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}, {be amiss}]

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

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "misinterpret":
     bias, bugger up, color, contort, distort, err, garble,
     get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, make a miscue,
     make a mistake, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend,
     miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture,
     misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misdirect, misesteem, misestimate,
     misevaluate, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentify,
     misjudge, misquote, misread, misreckon, misrender, misrepresent,
     mistake, misthink, mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, misvalue,
     pervert, screw up, slant, squeeze, strain, strain the sense,
     torture, twist the words, varnish, wrench