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All misinform synonyms

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verb misinform

  • mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
  • deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
  • misguide — to guide wrongly; misdirect.
  • lieJonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
  • pervert — to affect with perversion.
  • signify — to make known by signs, speech, or action.
  • misstate — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
  • prevaricate — to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
  • misdirect — to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
  • double-talk — speech using nonsense syllables along with words in a rapid patter.
  • put on — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
  • string along — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
  • bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
  • cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
  • disinform — to give or supply disinformation to.
  • doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
  • mousetrap — a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
  • lie to — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • lead on — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
  • delude — If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
  • hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
  • misrepresent — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
  • distort — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
  • fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
  • propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
  • bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
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