Thesaurus / misquotes
other words for misquotes
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- build up
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- give snow job
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- phony up
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- spread it on
- stretch
- take out of context
- throw a curve
- trump up
- twist
- warp
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The Watchman assails prominent supporters of woman suffrage, and misquotes and misrepresents them.
Wordsworth is his strong point, and freely he quotes and misquotes him on all occasions.
PortiaDuchess
Our neighbor, in the first place, misquotes us in his haste.
The Truth About Jesus is He a Myth?M. M. Mangasarian
It should be noted here that Cibber misquotes the line, a failing habitual to him.
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. PopeColley Cibber
He quotes, misquotes, Shakespeare; recalls bits of Lear, and breaks down in recitation.
IconoclastsJames Huneker
Hypocrisy reads and misquotes, and credulity accepts the quotation.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12)Robert G. Ingersoll
Dean Stanley misquotes the oracle, and does injustice to the old heathen prophet.
Fables of Infidelity and Facts of FaithRobert Patterson
He does not take the trouble to verify, he misquotes, he is not careful to weigh evidence.
The Age of TennysonHugh Walker
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