All misquote synonyms

verb misquote

• overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
• overdo — to do to excess; overindulge in: to overdo dieting.
• magnify — to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
• fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
• inflate — deflate
• misrepresent — to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
• heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
• amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
• overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
• overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
• contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
• contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
• deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
• fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
• forge — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
• counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
• tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
• pyramid — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
• scam — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
• corrupt — Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.
• fudge — a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
• lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
• caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
• romance — Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character.
• pad — Packet Assembler/Disassembler
• boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
• intensify — to make intense or more intense.
• boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
• hike — to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
• up — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
• hyperbolize — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
• brag — If you brag, you say in a very proud way that you have something or have done something.
• romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
• traverse — to pass or move over, along, or through.
• doctor — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
• gloss — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
• fib — a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
• change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
• contort — If someone's face or body contorts or is contorted, it moves into an unnatural and unattractive shape or position.
• cook — When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• salt — See under Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
• mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
• jumble — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
• obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
• mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
• alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
• adulterate — If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it.
• angle — An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
• beard — A man's beard is the hair that grows on his chin and cheeks.