MISINTERPRETATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Putting the wrong interpretation on

Example:

there was no mistaking her meaning

Synonyms:

misinterpretation; mistaking; misunderstanding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("misinterpretation" is a kind of...):

interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misinterpretation"):

imbroglio (a very embarrassing misunderstanding)

misconstrual; misconstruction (a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions (often deliberately))

misreading (misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading)

Derivation:

misinterpret (interpret in the wrong way)

misinterpret (interpret wrongly)