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misconstrue

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Verb (usu participle)
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mis=con=strue

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb misconstrue has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

misconstruev. t. 
     To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.  [1913 Webster]
    "Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent."  [1913 Webster]
    "Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

misconstrue, v.tr. (-construes, -construed, -construing)
1 interpret (a word, action, etc.) wrongly.
2 mistake the meaning of (a person).

Derivative
misconstruction n.

THESAURUS

misconstrue

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

ROGET THESAURUS

misconstrue

Misinterpretation

VB misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply, mistake, misrepresent, pervert, explain wrongly, misstate, garble, distort, detort, travesty, play upon words, stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning, explain away, put a bad construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.

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