misinterpreted
Got the wrong meaning
Misinterpreted means understood incorrectly or assigned the wrong meaning.
Someone misinterprets a comment when they take it as criticism rather than concern, or read sarcasm where none was intended: She misinterpreted his silence as disapproval.
Data, signals, and intentions are commonly misinterpreted.
The word often implies the error was reasonable given the circumstances.
Incorrectly understood another's meaning
- misreadInterpret text incorrectly
- misjudgedAssessed incorrectly
- mistakenIncorrectly understood or believed
- misheardFailed to hear correctly
misapprehended · miscommunication · misperception · confusion · ambiguity · unclear · muddled · mixed signals
Conveyed inaccurately or deceptively
- twistedWound around itself
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- warpedBent out of true
- falsifiedMade deliberately inaccurate
manipulated · spun · slanted · biased · exaggerated · oversimplified · sensationalized · cherry-picked
Wrong action or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
- inaccuracyLack of precision
misreading · miscalculation · slip · gaffe · misstep · wrong conclusion · flawed reasoning · erroneous
Incorrectly assigned origin
- imputedAssigned by inference
- false accusationUntrue claim of wrongdoing
- hidden meaningUnspoken message beneath surface
- subtextImplicit meaning beneath words
misconstrued
Incorrectly understood another's meaning
- misreadInterpret text incorrectly
- misjudgedAssessed incorrectly
- mistakenIncorrectly understood or believed
misheard · misapprehended · miscommunication · misperception · confusion · ambiguity · unclear · muddled · mixed signals · crossed wires
misrepresented
Conveyed inaccurately or deceptively
falsified · manipulated · spun · slanted · biased · exaggerated · oversimplified · sensationalized · cherry-picked · mangled
mistake
Wrong action or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
inaccuracy · misreading · miscalculation · slip · gaffe · misstep · wrong conclusion · flawed reasoning · erroneous · fallacious
misattributed
Incorrectly assigned origin
- imputedAssigned by inference
- false accusationUntrue claim of wrongdoing
- hidden meaningUnspoken message beneath surface
- instruction failuresmisread, misunderstood, skipped step, wrong order, jumped ahead
- miscommunicationmix-up, mixed signals, confusion, mixed messages, crossed wires
- falsifiedfalsified, doctored, fabricated, fake, faked
misinterpretedcomprehended
Mentally absorbed meaning
grasped · understood · apprehended · appreciated · fathomed
misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterprets, misinterpreting