To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
Capable of being misinterpreted; liable to be misunderstood.
The act of interpreting erroneously.
The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
Erroneously understood or explained.
One who interprets erroneously.
One who interprets erroneously.
Erroneously interpreting.
Misinterpretation Roget’s Thesaurus §523
N. misinterpretation, misapprehension, misunderstanding, misacceptation|, misconstruction, misapplication, catachresis, eisegesis, cross-reading, cross-purposes, mistake, misrepresentation, perversion, exaggeration, false coloring, false construction, abuse of terms, parody, travesty, falsification
V. 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
Adj. misinterpreted, untranslated, untranslatable
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