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misquotes
verb as in lie, distort
Weak matches
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- build up
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- give snow job
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- spread it on
- stretch
- take out of context
- throw a curve
- trump up
- twist
- warp
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Example Sentences
Dean Stanley misquotes the oracle, and does injustice to the old heathen prophet.
I will not say that he wilfully misquotes, but he does fail to quote accurately.
He quotes, misquotes, Shakespeare; recalls bits of Lear, and breaks down in recitation.
Our neighbor, in the first place, misquotes us in his haste.
The Watchman assails prominent supporters of woman suffrage, and misquotes and misrepresents them.
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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to misquotes, such as: adulterate, angle, beard, belie, build up, and cloak.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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