Misconstrue

Synonyms: be at cross purposes, be barking up the wrong tree, be mistaken, be under a delusion, confound, confuse, err, get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick, get it/someone wrong, get the wrong idea, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misinterpret, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand, put a wrong interpretation on, receive a false impression, take amiss

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Frequency: High Frequency

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Misconstrue

(verb) interpret (a person’s words or actions) wrongly; “his indifference can easily be misconstrued as arrogance”

Misconstrue (मिस्कन्स्ट्रू) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)

गलत समझना, अशुद्ध अर्थ करना, गलत अर्थ लगाना

Misconstrue Origin

1350-1400; Middle English; mis-, construe

Misconstrue in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)

However, unfortunately, a scarily large number of people misconstrue completely unrelated behaviour and traits as sexual consent.
Don’t misconstrue religion as communalism: Badal
Lot of things I say are misconstrued: Shah Rukh Khan.
Don’t misconstrue SC order: Sanjiv Bhatt to Modi.
They must not misconstrue individual mistakes as political issues and put pressure on the courts.

Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of misconstrue

miscontrue = missing the truepart

Misconstrue pronunciation