verb as in strong fondness

Strongest matches

misinterpret, misread, misconstrue

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Example Sentences

Example:Don't misinterpret my silence as agreement; I was thinking.

Definition:To twist or pervert the meaning or sense of something; to misadvise.

From misinterpret

Example:She misread the note and thought she was supposed to attend the meeting alone.

Definition:To read wrongly or with misinterpretation; to miss the meaning of.

From misread

Example:The politician was criticized for wrongly construing the survey results.

Definition:To construe wrongly; to misunderstand; to interpret a thing in the wrong sense; to mistake.

From misconstrue