misdescribe

verb

Definition of misdescribenext
as in to misrelate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misdescribe
  1. cook
  2. misrepresent
  3. misstate
  4. falsify
  5. misspeak
  6. misinterpret
  7. distort
  8. camouflage
Verb
  • Tamara, featuring Indian cuisine cooked by tandoor, is a can’t-miss.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Sandy and Leah have drinks with the crew before heading back to the boat, where Sandy jokingly pretends to cook the dinner that Joy left for them.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of cook
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  • Fielder becomes obsessed with this detail, seeing it as a test case for Holmes’s claims that she has been misrepresented in the media and that her memory is reliable.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Houthis are sometimes misrepresented as a Yemeni faction vying to share power with others in the state.
    — Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of misrepresent
Verb
  • The report defined improper or fraudulent enrollment as individuals misstating their income to gain access to free plans.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • An earlier version of this article misstated which New York location the Kusama exhibition will appear at.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of misstate
Verb
  • In earlier local elections, ballot boxes were stuffed or stolen, and paper ballots were routinely falsified, according to Brazil's electoral authority.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In earlier elections, ballot boxes were stuffed or stolen, and individual votes were routinely falsified, according to Brazil’s electoral authority.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of falsify
Verb
  • Somebody could misspeak, a camera could be seen.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • The health secretary also appeared to misspeak at the meeting, saying two people had died of the disease.
    — DEVI SHASTRI AND AMANDA SEITZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of misspeak
Verb
  • Without a way to connect those relationships, critical context gets lost, or misinterpreted, at every handoff.
    — Tom Dunlop, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
  • But in my experience, if used on its own to diagnose, it can be easily misinterpreted.
    — Andrew McLean, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of misinterpret
Verb
  • In a recent opinion piece for The Hollywood Reporter, filmmaker Joseph Kahn accused festival programmers of allowing horror’s commercial appeal to distort their artistic priorities.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The order and accompanying legislation must be designed so that collecting and disseminating foreign trade secrets advances defense and intelligence priorities and does not unduly distort the free market.
    — DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of distort
Verb
  • Rather than always keeping her baby bumps concealed or camouflaged, the hitmaker embraced bold colors and cutouts that made her belly a focal point.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In Tech Reviews Science Entertainment AI Policy If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it?
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of camouflage
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“Misdescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misdescribe. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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