Definition for Misconstrue:

• To construe or interpret erroneously; to misapprehend or misjudge.

Synonyms for Misconstrue:

• n.

  •
  • get someone wrong,
  • be unclear about/as to something,
  • not have a clue,
  • have no conception of something,
  • lose your grip (on something).

• v.

  •botch (verb)
  • mis computes,
  • misconjectures,
  • mis-applied,
  • mis-managing,
  • mis applied,
  • pulled boner,
  • mis-computed,
  • mis handle,
  • mis-construed,
  • mis manage,
  • mis conjectures,
  • bollixes,
  • mis-compute,
  • mis construed,
  • mis conjecture,
  • mis-construing,
  • mis applies,
  • mis-managed,
  • mis apply,
  • mis-handles,
  • mis-construe,
  • mis-conjectures,
  • mis-manage,
  • mis computed,
  • mis-conjecture,
  • mis-conjectured,
  • mis-construes,
  • pull boner,
  • miscomputes,
  • pulling boner,
  • mis-computing,
  • mis handles,
  • mis construing,
  • mis-applying,
  • mis conjecturing,
  • pulls boner,
  • mis-apply,
  • mis construes,
  • pulling a boner,
  • mis-conjecturing,
  • mucking up,
  • mis-applies,
  • pulled a boner,
  • mis construe,
  • pulls a boner,
  • mis applying,
  • mis handled,
  • goofed up,
  • misconjecturing,
  • mis conjectured,
  • goofs up,
  • mis handling,
  • mis compute,
  • miscomputing,
  • miscomputed,
  • misconjectured,
  • mis-handle,
  • goofing up,
  • mis-computes,
  • mis managing,
  • mucks up,
  • mis computing,
  • mis-handling,
  • mis-manages,
  • mis manages,
  • flubbing,
  • mis-handled,
  • mis managed.
  •confuse (verb)
  • confuse,
  • obscure,
  • perplex,
  • fluster,
  • cloud,
  • baffle,
  • muddle.
  •distort (verb)
  • be-lying,
  • dis figuring,
  • dis figure,
  • dis-figure,
  • mis-represent,
  • mis shapes,
  • mis-shapes,
  • mis-shaping,
  • makes out like,
  • trumps up,
  • dis-torts,
  • dis figures,
  • co loring,
  • mis represent,
  • mis representing,
  • mis-shaped,
  • mis shape,
  • be lied,
  • mis represents,
  • dis torts,
  • phonied up,
  • made out like,
  • puts one on,
  • de cline,
  • dis-figured,
  • de clines,
  • trumping up,
  • making out like,
  • be-lied,
  • be lying,
  • dis tort,
  • dis-figuring,
  • de-clines,
  • phonies up,
  • mis shaping,
  • dis-figures,
  • mis shaped,
  • mis-representing,
  • dis-tort,
  • phonying up,
  • dis figured,
  • mis-represents,
  • de-cline,
  • mis-shape,
  • co-loring,
  • mis represented,
  • mis-represented,
  • mis shapen.
  •err (verb)
  • bungle,
  • fluff,
  • slip,
  • trip,
  • blunder,
  • goof.
  •get a wrong or false impression (verb)
  • exaggerate,
  • take the wrong way.
  •pervert (verb)
  • doctoring up,
  • mis-stating,
  • mis treats,
  • mis-used,
  • mis-state,
  • mis-treating,
  • mis-treat,
  • de moralized,
  • mis state,
  • out raged,
  • mis treating,
  • mis states,
  • de-based,
  • mis-treats,
  • de-moralizing,
  • de base,
  • de-base,
  • mis treated,
  • mis-states,
  • out-rages,
  • out-rage,
  • de-moralize,
  • mis used,
  • mis-stated,
  • mis using,
  • mis-treated,
  • out-raged,
  • de moralizes,
  • de-moralizes,
  • de moralizing,
  • out-raging,
  • de based,
  • de-basing,
  • mis stated,
  • doctored up,
  • de moralize,
  • out rages,
  • de-moralized,
  • mis-using,
  • mis treat,
  • doctors up,
  • de basing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • misname.
  •
  • define.
  •
  • flounder.
  •
  • come over,
  • SEE-IN.
  •pervert
  • misstate,
  • doctor up,
  • salted,
  • salting.

Paraphrases for Misconstrue:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    misinterpret.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    misunderstand.

Antonyms for Misconstrue:

• v.

  • get a wrong or false impression
    discern, comprehend, understand, get, perceive.
  • Other antonyms:
    grasp, penetrate, savvy, know, fathom, catch, make out.

Misconstrue Sentence Examples:

• She would willingly have done the good she did in secret, partly from her constant feeling that charity was not charity if it were boasted of, partly from a fear that those ready to misconstrue all her acts would find pretexts for evil and calumny even in her bounty.

• He understood that attitude, but he smiled, pretending to misconstrue it.

Homophones for Misconstrue:

• making water, mcmaster, managing editor.