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单词 misinterpreting
释义

misinterpret

verb

mis·​in·​ter·​pret ˌmi-sᵊn-ˈtər-prət How to pronounce misinterpret (audio)
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misinterpreted; misinterpreting; misinterprets

transitive verb

1
: to explain wrongly
His comment on the speech misinterprets the speaker's meaning.
2
: to understand wrongly
Her silence should not be misinterpreted as consent.

Synonyms

  • bend
  • color
  • cook
  • distort
  • falsify
  • fudge
  • garble
  • misrelate
  • misrepresent
  • misstate
  • pervert
  • slant
  • twist
  • warp
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Example Sentences

He claims that his statements have been misinterpreted by the media. Her silence should not be misinterpreted as consent.
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Word History

First Known Use

1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1

misinterpreting

verb

present participle of misinterpret
1
as in misrepresenting
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of his note on this passage in the novel seriously misinterprets the author's meaning

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • misrepresenting
  • distorting
  • misstating
  • falsifying
  • garbling
  • complicating
  • twisting
  • obscuring
  • perverting
  • mistaking
  • slanting
  • fudging
  • confusing
  • mistranslating
  • warping
  • cooking
  • censoring
  • misrelating
  • misspeaking
  • bending
  • coloring
  • disguising
  • misdescribing
  • masking
  • camouflaging
  • bowdlerizing
  • dissembling
  • whitewashing
  • mystifying
  • lying
  • veiling
  • fibbing
  • belying
  • equivocating
  • prevaricating
  • confounding
  • paltering
  • glossing (over)
  • mixing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • interpreting
  • explaining
  • clarifying
  • illustrating
  • illuminating
  • clearing (up)
  • deciphering
  • spelling out
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2
as in misunderstanding
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of we misinterpreted the directions and ended up on the wrong side of town

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • misunderstanding
  • misreading
  • misconstruing
  • misperceiving
  • missing
  • misapprehending
  • mistaking
  • misjudging
  • misconceiving
  • misknowing
  • mishearing
  • misdeeming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • seeing
  • knowing
  • perceiving
  • understanding
  • getting
  • comprehending
  • grasping
  • catching
  • appreciating
  • seizing
  • apprehending
  • penetrating
  • conceiving
  • taking in
  • making out
  • fathoming
  • grokking
  • savvying
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