'Misconstrue' definitions:
Definition of 'misconstrue'
(from WordNet)
verb
Interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn: misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss]
Definition of 'Misconstrue'
From: GCIDE
- Misconstrue \Mis*con"strue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misconstrued; p. pr. & vb. n. Misconstruing.] To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously. [1913 Webster]
- Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misconstrue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bias,
- color,
- contort,
- distort,
- err,
- garble,
- get one wrong,
- get wrong,
- gloss,
- judge amiss,
- misapply,
- misappreciate,
- misapprehend,
- miscalculate,
- miscite,
- miscompute,
- misconceive,
- misconjecture,
- misdeem,
- misdirect,
- misesteem,
- misestimate,
- misevaluate,
- misexplain,
- misexplicate,
- misexpound,
- misinterpret,
- misjudge,
- misquote,
- misread,
- misreckon,
- misrender,
- misrepresent,
- mistake,
- misthink,
- mistranslate,
- misunderstand,
- misuse,
- misvalue,
- pervert,
- slant,
- squeeze,
- strain,
- strain the sense,
- torture,
- twist the words,
- varnish,
- wrench