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