misconstrue

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: mis=con=strue

CIDE DICTIONARY

misconstrue, v. t. 

 To construe wrongly; to interpret erroneously.  [1913 Webster]
"Do not, great sir, misconstrue his intent."  [1913 Webster]
"Much afflicted to find his actions misconstrued."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

misconstrue, v.tr. (-construes, -construed, -construing)
1 interpret (a word, action, etc.) wrongly.
2 mistake the meaning of (a person).

Derivative

misconstruction n.

THESAURUS

misconstrue

bias, color, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture, misdeem, misdirect, misesteem, misestimate, misevaluate, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misinterpret, misjudge, misquote, misread, misreckon, misrender, misrepresent, mistake, misthink, mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, misvalue, pervert, slant, squeeze, strain, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, varnish, wrench

ROGET THESAURUS

misconstrue

Misinterpretation

VB 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.