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err
To commit an act that is wrong; do wrong.
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  1. To commit an act that is wrong; do wrong.
  2. (Obs.) To go astray; wander
  3. To be wrong or mistaken; fall into error
misconceive
To misunderstand
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  1. To misunderstand
  2. To interpret incorrectly; misunderstand.
  3. To conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; misunderstand
misinterpret
To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.
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  1. To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.
  2. To interpret or explain wrongly.
  3. To interpret wrongly; understand or explain incorrectly
misjudge
To judge wrongly or unfairly
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  1. To judge wrongly or unfairly
  2. To be wrong in judging.
  3. To make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess.
miscalculate
To count or estimate incorrectly.
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  1. To count or estimate incorrectly.
  2. To calculate incorrectly; miscount or misjudge
misreckon
To reckon or calculate incorrectly
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  1. To reckon or calculate incorrectly
  2. To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
  3. To engage in incorrect reckoning or miscalculation.
misapply
To handle dishonestly or illegally
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  1. To handle dishonestly or illegally
  2. To apply incorrectly; to misuse.
  3. To use badly, incorrectly, or wastefully
misconstrue
To construe wrongly; misinterpret or misunderstand
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  1. To construe wrongly; misinterpret or misunderstand
  2. To mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.
  3. To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
confuse
To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another:
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  1. To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another:
  2. (--- Archaic) To cause to feel embarrassment.
  3. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.
confound
Used in mild curses:
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  1. Used in mild curses:
  2. To make (something bad) worse:
  3. To cause to become confused or perplexed.
misapprehend
To apprehend incorrectly; misunderstand.
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  1. To apprehend incorrectly; misunderstand.
  2. To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
  3. To fail to apprehend correctly; misunderstand
overestimate
To set too high an estimate on or for
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  1. To set too high an estimate on or for
  2. To estimate too highly.
  3. To judge too highly
underestimate
To make too low an estimate of the quantity, degree, or worth of:
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  1. To make too low an estimate of the quantity, degree, or worth of:
  2. To perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth etc. than what it actually has.
  3. To consider (someone) to be less capable or effective than is actually the case:
misapprehend
To apprehend incorrectly; misunderstand.
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  1. To apprehend incorrectly; misunderstand.
  2. To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
  3. To fail to apprehend correctly; misunderstand
misconceive
To misunderstand
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  1. To misunderstand
  2. To interpret incorrectly; misunderstand.
  3. To conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; misunderstand
misconstrue
To construe wrongly; misinterpret or misunderstand
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  1. To construe wrongly; misinterpret or misunderstand
  2. To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.
  3. To mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.
misinterpret
To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.
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  1. To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand.
  2. To interpret or explain wrongly.
  3. To interpret wrongly; understand or explain incorrectly
misread
To read wrongly
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  1. To read wrongly
  2. To misinterpret or misunderstand:
  3. To misinterpret or misunderstand
mistake
(Intransitive) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
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  1. (Intransitive) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
  2. To understand or perceive wrongly; interpret or judge incorrectly
  3. To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.
Find another word for misunderstand. In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for misunderstand, like: err, misconceive, misinterpret, miscomprehend, misjudge, miscalculate, misreckon, misapply, misconstrue, be at crosspurposes and be perplexed.

Sentence Examples

  • You misunderstand the terms.

  • But we should quite misunderstand this pessimism if we held it to mean that Jeremiah saw no signs of private morality and individual spiritual convictions among his people.

  • "You misunderstand," Darkyn replied.

  • On the other hand, the most ordinary savage does not misunderstand so universal a custom as the imposition of names peculiar to animals or derived from atmospheric phenomena.

  • I'm not sure if its because we misunderstand each other or if its because were both bull headed.

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