| VERB | cognition | misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss | interpret in the wrong way |
|---|
| Sounds | mihskahnstruw' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | accrue ... untrue: 23 rhymes with ruw... | |
| Meaning | interpret in the wrong way. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She misconstrued my remarks" | |
| Synonyms | misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss | |
| Broader | interpret, construe, see | make sense of |
| Spanish | confundir, entender mal, equivocar, juzgar mal, malentender, mal interpretar, malinterpretar | |
| Catalan | confondre, entendre malament, interpretar malament, malentendre, malinterpretar | |
| Nouns | misconstrual, misconstruction | a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately) |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots