The meaning of Misconstrue

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

exclamation

Used to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

Oh confound it, where is the thing?

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb

To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

verb

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

Usage examples:

The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible

verb

To make a mistake

Usage examples:

It’s preferable to err on the side of caution (= to be too careful) rather than risk disaster.

verb

Fail to understand (a person or their words) correctly; misinterpret.

Usage examples:

They seemed not to mind that their more profound utterances were misapprehended as self-help maxims

verb

Calculate (an amount or measurement) wrongly.

Usage examples:

They miscalculated the number of new houses that would need to be built

verb

To make a mistake when calculating an amount or judging someone or something

Usage examples:

[ t ] swensen badly miscalculated the time it would take., they thought they could win the war, and…

verb

To calculate an amount wrongly

Usage examples:

The water company had deliberately miscalculated the data it supplies to the regulator., the insura…

verb

Fail to understand (something) correctly.

Usage examples:

Some academic latinists did misconceive pound's poem in that way

verb

To understand something incorrectly, or to think that something is different to the way it really is

Usage examples:

But the film's creators misconceive the true nature of corruption., it claims that these lawyers ar…

verb

Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.

Usage examples:

I think you're misinterpreting the situation

verb

To not understand or explain something correctly

Usage examples:

She felt that her comments had been misinterpreted., [ c ] if a patient isn’t honest, that can lead…

verb

Read (a piece of text) wrongly.

Usage examples:

Perhaps she'd misread the note and got the time wrong

verb

To make a mistake when reading something, or fig. to form a wrong understanding or judgment of something

Usage examples:

Please correct me if i misread anything., fig. i’m sorry i got angry – i simply misread the situati…

verb

Fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at).

Usage examples:

A laser-guided bomb had missed its target

noun

A failure to hit, catch, or reach something.

Usage examples:

The penalty miss cost us the game

noun

A title prefixed to the name of an unmarried woman or girl, or to that of a married woman retaining her maiden name for professional purposes.

Usage examples:

Miss hazel armstrong

noun

An act or judgement that is misguided or wrong.

Usage examples:

Coming here was a mistake

verb

Be wrong about.

Usage examples:

Because i was inexperienced i mistook the nature of our relationship

noun

An action or decision that is wrong or produces a result that is not correct or not intended

Usage examples:

We all make mistakes., [ + to infinitive ] it was a mistake to come to this restaurant without a re…

verb

Fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly.

Usage examples:

He had misunderstood the police officer's hand signals

verb

To fail to understand something or someone

Usage examples:

[ t ] i think she misunderstood what i meant.