wrong impression
Mistaken idea formed
A wrong impression is a mistaken understanding or false belief about something or someone, formed from incomplete or misleading information.
You might get the wrong impression from a brief encounter, or give the wrong impression through careless words.
The phrase often appears in corrections: Don't get the wrong impression—I'm not criticizing you.
- misunderstandingFailure to grasp meaning
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- falseNot matching reality
- mistakenIncorrectly understood or believed
- deceivedMisled into false belief
misleading · assumption · jumping to conclusions · illusion · misread · misjudge · deceive · façade · smoke and mirrors · appearance · distorted · skewed · inaccurate · confused · misinterpret · lost in translation · prejudice · bias
- miscommunicationmix-up, mixed signals, confusion, mixed messages, crossed wires
- misjudgmentsmisjudgment, mistake, error, blunder, miscalculation
- misunderstandingsmisunderstanding, misinterpretation, misconception, misreading, miscommunication
- comic mishapsmistaken identity, misunderstanding, mix-up, miscommunication, blunder
- impressionsfeeling, sense, idea, notion, opinion
wrong impressionclear picture
insight · enlightenment · clarity · perspicacity · discernment
wrong, wrongs, wronged, wronging, wrongly, wrongful, wrongfully, wrongness, wrongdoing