Misinterpretation
Nouns
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misinterpretation, misapprehension, misunderstanding, misacceptation, misconstruction, misapplication
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catachresis
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eisegesis
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cross-reading, cross-purposes
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mistake etc. Error. misrepresentation, perversion, exaggeration etc. Exaggeration
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false coloring, false construction
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abuse of terms
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parody, travesty
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falsification etc. (lying) Falsehood.
Verbs
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misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply
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mistake etc. Error. misrepresent, pervert
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explain wrongly, misstate
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garble etc. (falsify) Falsehood
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distort, detort
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travesty, play upon words
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stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning
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explain away
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put a bad construction on, put a false construction on
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give a false coloring. be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.
Adjectives
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misinterpreted etc. v.
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untranslated, untranslatable.