misconstrue
UK/mɪskənˈstɹuː/
misconstrue verb: to interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
Verb
misconstrue (third-person singular simple present misconstrues, present participle misconstruing, simple past and past participle misconstrued)
- To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
- His words were misconstrued as an insult.
- It’s easy to misconstrue her silence as agreement.
- Synonyms:
- misconstruct, misinterpret, misunderstand, confound, confuse, misanalyze, misapprehend, miscomprehend, misconceive, misjudge
misconstrue meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
misconstrue in Tamil
- தவறாகக் கருது, பிழைபடப் புரிதல், எதிரிடையாகக் கருது
misconstrue in Urdu
- غلط معنی سمجھنا
misconstrue in Bengali
- ভুলভাবে ব্যাখ্যা করা, ভুলভাবে বোঝা, ভুল বোঝা
misconstrue in Malayalam
- തെറ്റായി വ്യാഖ്യാനിക്കുക, തെറ്റിദ്ധരിക്കുക
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- misconstrue in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪುತಿಳಿ, ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿ ಹುರುಳಿಸು, ಅಪಾರ್ಥಕಲ್ಪಿಸು, ತಪ್ಪರ್ಥಕಲ್ಪಿಸು
Examples of misconstrue in a sentence
- misconstrue the meaning
- misconstrue someone’s intentions
Synonyms of misconstrue
- misconstruct
- misinterpret
- misunderstand
- confound
- confuse
- misanalyze
- misapprehend
- miscomprehend
- misconceive
- misjudge
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Antonyms
Forms of misconstrue
| third-person singular present | misconstrues |
|---|---|
| present participle | misconstruing |
| past participle | misconstrued |
| past | misconstrued |
Origin of misconstrue
From Middle English misconstruen, equivalent to mis- + construe.
Words formed from misconstrue
Questions about misconstrue
- What does misconstrue mean?
- Misconstrue means to interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
- What is misconstrue in Tamil?
- Misconstrue in Tamil is தவறாகக் கருது, பிழைபடப் புரிதல், எதிரிடையாகக் கருது. See Misconstrue meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use misconstrue in a sentence?
- misconstrue the meaning
- What part of speech is misconstrue?
- Misconstrue is a verb.
- How do you pronounce misconstrue?
- Misconstrue is pronounced /mɪskənˈstɹuː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of misconstrue?
- The past tense of misconstrue is misconstrued.
Words near misconstrue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misconstrue (page history and authors); misconstrue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconstrue (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconstrue (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconstrue (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misconstrue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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