misstates
Gets facts wrong
Misstates means states incorrectly or inaccurately.
The word implies error rather than deliberate deception, though it's often used diplomatically when lying is suspected: The senator misstates the facts.
To misstate is softer than to lie—it leaves room for honest mistake while still noting the inaccuracy.
Depicts inaccurately or deceptively
- twistsRotational bends or turns
- distortsMisrepresents or deforms
- skewsDistorts or angles
- slantsAngles from horizontal
warps · garbles · manipulates · spins · colors · bends · perverts · falsifies
Gives inaccurate accounts
- misinformsGives incorrect information
- errsMakes mistakes
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
- misquotesRepeats words inaccurately
misremembers · muddles · confuses · botches · flubs · mangles · bungles · misreads
Deliberate untruths
- fibsPetty falsehoods
- deceivesCauses false belief
- fabricatesCreates falsely or manufactures
- prevaricatesSpeaks evasively, misleadingly
dissembles · misleads · perjures · invents · concocts · dissimulates
misrepresents
Depicts inaccurately or deceptively
slants · warps · garbles · manipulates · spins · colors · bends · perverts · falsifies · doctors
misreports
Gives inaccurate accounts
- misinformsGives incorrect information
- errsMakes mistakes
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
misquotes · misremembers · muddles · confuses · botches · flubs · mangles · bungles · misreads · mishears
lies
Deliberate untruths
- fibsPetty falsehoods
- deceivesCauses false belief
- fabricatesCreates falsely or manufactures
prevaricates · dissembles · misleads · perjures · invents · concocts · dissimulates
misstate, misstatement, misstated, misstating, misstatements