MISRELATE Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

misrelate

verb

ˌmis-ri-ˈlāt

Definition of misrelate

as in to misrepresent

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of that Hollywood anecdote has been misrelated so many times that at this point no one knows what was actually said

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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

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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

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