Thesaurus / misconstrue
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
If we’re not careful, we can be a threat to each other’s health, which can be misconstrued as reason to feel threatened in every way.
THIS ODD SUPER BOWL WILL BRING US TOGETHER FOR A DAY. LET’S NOT TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.JERRY BREWERFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST
That’s where the oft-misconstrued story of Onesimus comes in.
PIG SEX AND CELERY HAVE A SURPRISING CONNECTIONPOPSCI STAFFSEPTEMBER 30, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
The fairest observers misconstrue all motives to action, where any received prepossession has found an hypothesis.
CAMILLAFANNY BURNEY
I put in, to laugh Uvo out of the morbid vein which I understood in him but others might easily misconstrue.
WITCHING HILLE. W. HORNUNG
Let us find out what we are talking about, lest we should misconstrue and misunderstand each other.
THE HEART OF MID-LOTHIAN, VOLUME 2, ILLUSTRATEDSIR WALTER SCOTT
But we must not misconstrue words in our versions of a style so loose.
THE APOSTLESERNEST RENAN
You will not misconstrue my words, but—but life is not always the same, is it?
GORDON CRAIGRANDALL PARRISH
He might misconstrue my motive—oh, you understand, don't you?
THE PRIDE OF PALOMARPETER B. KYNE
Popular opinion, however, is apt to misconstrue broad epithets and to confound vigour with harshness.
THE LIFE OF SIR JAMES FITZJAMES STEPHEN, BART., K.C.S.I.SIR LESLIE STEPHEN
She broke off in a confusion he might well misconstrue, and moved nervously away, her back to him.
THE PALACE OF DARKENED WINDOWSMARY HASTINGS BRADLEY
WORDS RELATED TO MISCONSTRUE
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be perplexed
- confound
- confuse
- fail
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misread
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
- be at cross purposes
- be bewildered
- be confused
- be perplexed
- confound
- confuse
- fail
- get signals crossed
- get signals mixed
- get wrong
- get wrong impression
- misapply
- misapprehend
- miscalculate
- miscomprehend
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misread
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.