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misrepresent

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of misrepresent

1 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

this summary seriously misrepresents the general tone and substance of the speech

Synonyms of misrepresent

bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, garble, misinterpret, misrelate, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp

Words Related to misrepresent

misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate

belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash

bowdlerize, censor

complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up)

mystify, obscure

equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate

Near Antonyms of misrepresent

clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out

2 to give a misleading impression of

deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case

Synonyms of misrepresent

Words Related to misrepresent

camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, disguise, hide, mask, obscure

color, deceive, distort, falsify, garble, mislead, misrender, misreport, twist

dissemble, feign, pretend

Near Antonyms of misrepresent

bare, demonstrate, disclose, discover, evince, exhibit, expose, reveal

flaunt, parade, show off

Antonyms of misrepresent

betray, represent

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