misguides
Leads someone astray
Misguides is the third-person singular of misguide, meaning to lead astray or give wrong direction.
Someone who misguides others steers them toward error, whether through bad advice, false information, or poor example: His overconfidence misguides the whole team.
The word implies causing someone to go wrong, not merely failing to help.
Causes false belief
- deceivesCauses false belief
- deludesTricks into false belief
- dupesDeceives or victims
- hoodwinksDeceives through trickery
bamboozles · beguiles · tricks · cons · manipulates · disinforms · misinforms · falsifies
Draws toward desire
- enticesAttracts through appeal
- luresAttracts or fishing decoys
- seducesTempts into intimacy
- divertsTurns aside from course
distracts · misdirects · deflects · inveigles · ensnares · entraps · corrupts · subverts
Instructs with false information
- misadvisesGives faulty counsel
- misdirectsSends the wrong way
misleads
Causes false belief
hoodwinks · bamboozles · beguiles · tricks · cons · manipulates · disinforms · misinforms · falsifies · distorts
tempts
Draws toward desire
diverts · distracts · misdirects · deflects · inveigles · ensnares · entraps · corrupts · subverts · leads astray
misteaches
Instructs with false information
- misadvisesGives faulty counsel
- misdirectsSends the wrong way
disorients
Causes loss of bearings
- bewildersCauses thorough confusion
- befuddlesCauses mental confusion
- muddlesCreates disorder or confusion
perplexes · puzzles · confounds · dazes · flummoxes · mystifies · discombobulates · clouds · obscures · throws off