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misconstrue

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Main Entry: misconstrue
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get a wrong or false impression

Synonyms:

distort, exaggerate, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand, pervert, take the wrong way

Antonyms:

discern, get, perceive, understand
Main Entry: botch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: blunder

Synonyms:

blow*, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck

Antonyms:

accomplish, achieve, do well, succeed
Main Entry: distort
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deform; falsify

Synonyms:

alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge, garble, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, phony up, put one on, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, trump up, twist, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, writhe

Antonyms:

beautify, shape nicely, straight
Main Entry: misapprehend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get the wrong idea, impression

Synonyms:

blunder, confuse, err, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand

Antonyms:

apprehend, comprehend, understand
Main Entry: miscalculate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make a mistake

Synonyms:

blow*, blunder, discount, disregard, drop the ball, err, get signals crossed, get wrong, go wrong, mess up*, misconstrue, miscount, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, misreckon, miss by a mile, misunderstand, mix up, overestimate, overlook, overrate, overvalue, slip up, stumble, underestimate, underrate, undervalue

Antonyms:

do correctly, figure correctly, succeed
Main Entry: misjudge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get the wrong idea

Synonyms:

bark up wrong tree, be misled, be overcritical, be partial, be unfair, be wrong, come to hasty conclusion, dogmatize, drop the ball, err, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconjecture, misconstrue, misdeem, misreckon, miss by a mile, mistake, misthink, misunderstand, overestimate, overrate, prejudge, presume, presuppose, put foot in, stumble, suppose, underestimate, underrate

Antonyms:

figure, judge well, understand
Main Entry: mistake
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mix up, misunderstand

Synonyms:

addle, be off the mark, be wrong, blunder, botch, bungle, confound, confuse, deceive oneself, err, fail, get wrong, goof, have wrong impression, jumble, lapse, make a mess, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, miscount, misdeem, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misread, miss, miss the boat, not know, omit, overestimate, overlook, put foot in, slip up, slip*, snarl, take for, tangle, underestimate

Antonyms:

be certain, be sure, comprehend, interpret, perceive, understand
Main Entry: misunderstand
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get the wrong idea

Synonyms:

be at cross purposes, be bewildered, be confused, be perplexed, confound, confuse, fail, get signals crossed, get signals mixed, get wrong, get wrong impression, misapply, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misread, misreckon, miss the point, miss*, mistake, not register, take amiss, take wrongly

Antonyms:

comprehend, construe, get, grasp, interpret, perceive, understand
Main Entry: pervert
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: twist, turn away from what is acceptable or correct

Synonyms:

abuse, adulterate, alloy, animalize, brainwash, color, corrupt, cut*, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, desecrate, distort, divert, doctor, doctor up, fake, falsify, fudge, garble, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, mistreat, misuse, outrage, phony up, prostitute, ruin, salt, seduce, spike, vitiate, warp, water*

Antonyms:

leave alone, straighten
Main Entry: make a mistake
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: slip up

Synonyms:

blow it, blunder, err, goof, miscalculate, misconstrue, misestimate, misjudge, misread, misstep, misunderstand, muff
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