Misinterpret
[mɪsɪn'tɜːprɪt] or ['mɪsɪn'tɝprɪt]
Definition
(v. t.) To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
Checker: Mortimer
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Misconstrue, explain wrongly, put a wrong construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See INTERPRET]
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Definition
v.t. to interpret wrongly: to explain wrongly.—ns. Misinterpretā′tion; Misinter′preter.
Typist: Loretta
Examples
- There is something brave in your spirit, as well as penetrating in your eye; but allow me to assure you that you partially misinterpret my emotions. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I forced myself to be constrained, lest you might misinterpret my being more natural. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You utterly misinterpret my words, I said, at once seizing his hand: I have no intention to grieve or pain you--indeed, I have not. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He had misinterpreted the feelings which had kept her face averted, and her tongue motionless. Jane Austen. Emma.
- If _she_ had so misinterpreted his feelings, she had little right to wonder that _he_, with self-interest to blind him, should have mistaken hers. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Is it possible, Rachel, that he can have misinterpreted--or presumed upon--what you really said to him? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When we say that our eyes deceive us, we really confess that we have misinterpreted the data that our sight has furnished. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But this misinterprets history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Virginia