Misjudge
[mɪs'dʒʌdʒ] or [,mɪs'dʒʌdʒ]
Definition
(v. t. & i.) To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
Editor: Lois
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Mistake, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive.
Editor: Wallace
Definition
v.t. and v.i. to judge wrongly.—n. Misjudg′ment.
Checker: Mara
Examples
- It was his machinations that caused you to misjudge me, as I misjudged you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- More than that, he seems to me (I may misjudge him) to be a man of a desperate and fierce character. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was his machinations that caused you to misjudge me, as I misjudged you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He and all the world thought hardly of me for my strange, unmotherly resolve, and I deserved to be misjudged. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I wish I'd printed the whole or not at all, for I do hate to be so misjudged. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Now, Eunice must not be misjudged. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He misjudged the quality of his own nature, and held it for something lower than it was. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I had misjudged you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- How cruelly I have misjudged him! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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