misunderstanding, misacceptation†, misconstruction, misapplication;
catachresis†; eisegesis†; cross-reading, cross-purposes; mistake &c 495.
misrepresentation, perversion, exaggeration &c 549; false
coloring, false construction; abuse of terms; parody, travesty;
falsification &c (lying) 544.
V. misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell,
mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply; mistake &c 495.
misrepresent, pervert; explain wrongly, misstate; garble &c
(falsify) 544; distort, detort†; travesty, play upon words; stretch the
sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest
the sense, wrest the meaning; explain away; put a bad construction on,
put a false construction on; give a false coloring.
be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.
Adj. misinterpreted &c v.; untranslated, untranslatable.