All misconstrue synonyms
mis·con·strue
M m verb misconstrue
- misread — Read (a piece of text) wrongly.
- pervert — to affect with perversion.
- misinterpret — Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- distort — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- misjudge — Form a wrong opinion or conclusion about.
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- mistranslate — Translate (something) incorrectly.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- exaggerate — Represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is.