Another word for misquote

a-z

Verb

misrepresent
To give an incorrect or misleading representation of.
To serve incorrectly or dishonestly as an official representative of.

Go to "misrepresent" definitions
1. To give an incorrect or misleading representation of.
2. To serve incorrectly or dishonestly as an official representative of.
- Go to "misrepresent" definitions
overstate
To state in exaggerated terms.

Go to "overstate" definitions
1. To state in exaggerated terms.
- Go to "overstate" definitions
distort
To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape:
To cause to deviate from what is normal, reasonable, or accurate:
To cause distortion in (a signal or waveform, for example).

Go to "distort" definitions
1. To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts; misshape:
2. To cause to deviate from what is normal, reasonable, or accurate:
3. To cause distortion in (a signal or waveform, for example).
- Go to "distort" definitions

See also:

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.