All misdeem synonyms
misΒ·deem
M m verb misdeem
- overrate β to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
- miscalculate β Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
- misconstrue β to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- underestimate β to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- overestimate β to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- misread β Read (a piece of text) wrongly.
- misinterpret β Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- misjudge β Form a wrong opinion or conclusion about.
- prejudge β to judge beforehand.
- misconceive β Fail to understand correctly.
- suppose β to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
- underrate β to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
- presume β to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- presuppose β to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
- stumble β to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- misapprehend β to misunderstand.
- mistake β an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
- dogmatize β to make dogmatic assertions; speak or write dogmatically.
- goof β to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- miscount β an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- botch β If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
- addle β If something addles someone's mind or brain, they become confused and unable to think properly.
- lapse β an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- omit β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- blunder β A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
- confound β If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
- snarl β to become tangled; get into a tangle.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- jumble β to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- tangle β to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- bungle β If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
- misreckon β (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- drop the ball β a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- misconjecture β the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
- err β Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.
- miscomprehend β Misunderstand.
- misthink β to think incorrectly or unfavorably.
- mix up β an act or instance of mixing.
- make a mess β create disorder or dirt
- misknow β to fail to understand or recognize; misunderstand: to misknow the problem.
- miss the boat β a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- slip up β an act or instance of slipping.
- take for β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.