Dictionary Entry
misinterpret
misinterpret is a 12-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
- 2verb
interpret in the wrong way
"Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"
"She misconstrued my remarks"
- 3verb
interpret wrongly
"I misread Hamlet all my life!"
Synonyms
- 4verb
interpret falsely
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