One entry found for misinterpret.

Entry Word: misinterpret
Function: verb
Text: 1 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of <his note on this passage in the novel misinterprets the author's meaning> -- see GARBLE
2 to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of <we misinterpreted the directions and ended up on the wrong side of town> -- see MISUNDERSTAND