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Grammar : Verb

Spell : mis-in-tur-prit

Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɪs ɪnˈtɜr prɪt

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Définition of misinterpret

Origin : 1580s, from mis- (1) + interpret. Related: Misinterpreted; misinterpreting.

verb misconstrue
verb misunderstand

Example sentences :

She and I had been—friends, and I feared she might misinterpret my reasons.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Nor can I conceive that any one will so misinterpret the custom.
Extract from : « The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians » by Xenophon

Happily, Czernavitz knows me, and will not misinterpret my absence.
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever

These foreign fellows will be quite ready to misinterpret it.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Then, fearing Zezdon Afthen might misinterpret his silence, he plunged on.
Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell

But he was too acute a lover to misinterpret what he knew, alas!
Extract from : « Trent's Trust and Other Stories » by Bret Harte

But lest some should misinterpret these remarks, I will add that there must be grace at heart.
Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey

He could not tell her he loved her for fear she might misinterpret her own sentiments.
Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath

Every one has some lurking enemy eager to misinterpret him to his own advantage.
Extract from : « True to His Home » by Hezekiah Butterworth

How ill-natured you are, Leontion, to misinterpret me; I could almost cry.
Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor

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