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Definition of misinterpret:

To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.

Synonyms:

misapprehend, falsify, misread, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand, miscalculate, be amiss, understand.

misinterpret (part of speech: verb)
- garble,
- misrepresent,
- confuse,
- twist,
- misread,
- distort,
- deform,
- misunderstand,
- misquote,
- mistake

Usage examples:

Nor was the impression disturbed when he opened his mouth and spoke in the broad dialect of the country, for she had no associations to cause her to misinterpret its homeliness as vulgarity.

- "Malcolm", George MacDonald.
It is really quite impossible, when one reads such stuff as- Thither in your adversity Do you betake yourselves for light, But strangely misinterpret all you hear.

- "Matthew Arnold", George Saintsbury.
To parse rightly, is, to understand rightly; and what is well expressed, it is a shame to misunderstand or misinterpret.

- "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.