Antonyms for misread
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : mis-reed |
Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈrid |
Definition of misread
Origin :- 1809, from mis- (1) + read (v.). Related: Misreading.
- verb misunderstand
- Misreading is all that we are equal to, but it is something to be able to misread.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- She glanced into Hugh's face, and misread what she saw there.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- At once he perceived how she had misread the scene she had witnessed.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- He asked because the skipper's face of wonderment was not to be misread.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- A scribe must have misread the figure 81, which appears in other documents, into 87.
- Extract from : « Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period » by Various
- At least, that was what McGoggin said; but I suspect he had misread his primers.
- Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling
- Paul was afraid lest she might have misread the letter, and might be disappointed after all.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- He did not speak, but his expression was too eloquent to be misread.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes of the Farrells » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Thou knowest the real nature of my brother, and dost not misread him as many do.
- Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- That must be remembered, otherwise some of the great lessons of the Avatra will be misread.
- Extract from : « Avatras » by Annie Besant
Synonyms for misread
- 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
- misconceive
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misjudge
- misknow
- misreckon
- miss
- miss the point
- mistake
- not register
- take amiss
- take wrongly
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