'Misinterpret' definitions:
Definition of 'misinterpret'
(from WordNet)
verb
Interpret falsely
verb
Interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" [syn: misread, misinterpret]
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 'Misinterpret'
From: GCIDE
- Misinterpret \Mis`in*ter"pret\, v. t. To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misinterpret'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bias,
- bugger up,
- color,
- contort,
- distort,
- err,
- garble,
- get one wrong,
- get wrong,
- gloss,
- judge amiss,
- make a miscue,
- make a mistake,
- misapply,
- misappreciate,
- misapprehend,
- miscalculate,
- miscite,
- miscompute,
- misconceive,
- misconjecture,
- misconstrue,
- miscue,
- misdeem,
- misdirect,
- misesteem,
- misestimate,
- misevaluate,
- misexplain,
- misexplicate,
- misexpound,
- misidentify,
- misjudge,
- misquote,
- misread,
- misreckon,
- misrender,
- misrepresent,
- mistake,
- misthink,
- mistranslate,
- misunderstand,
- misuse,
- misvalue,
- pervert,
- screw up,
- slant,
- squeeze,
- strain,
- strain the sense,
- torture,
- twist the words,
- varnish,
- wrench