Synonyms of misrepresenting

misrepresenting

verb

present participle of misrepresent

1

as in distorting

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 & Similar Words

• distorting
• misstating
• falsifying
• misinterpreting
• twisting
• perverting
• obscuring
• complicating
• slanting
• cooking
• fudging
• garbling
• censoring
• warping
• confusing
• coloring
• mistaking
• misrelating
• bending
• disguising
• masking
• camouflaging
• misdescribing
• dissembling
• whitewashing
• mistranslating
• misspeaking
• lying
• veiling
• mystifying
• glossing (over)
• belying
• fibbing
• bowdlerizing
• mixing (up)
• prevaricating
• equivocating
• confounding
• paltering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explaining
• interpreting
• illustrating
• clarifying
• illuminating
• clearing (up)
• spelling out
• deciphering

2

as in obscuring

to give a misleading impression of

deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obscuring
• concealing
• hiding
• contradicting
• distorting
• masking
• belying
• misleading
• disguising
• deceiving
• falsifying
• camouflaging
• misreporting
• pretending
• counterfeiting
• feigning
• cloaking
• dissembling
• twisting
• coloring
• misrendering
• garbling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• representing
• betraying
• disclosing
• exposing
• revealing
• exhibiting
• demonstrating
• discovering
• baring
• evincing
• flaunting
• parading
• showing off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misrepresenting

Settlement talks collapsed in late August after Bonta accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting their discussions. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

At that public meeting, several parents said Adams should have been fired for misleading them and misrepresenting the condition of the Earl Warren ATP facilities. — Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2026

Meta recently agreed to pay nearly $17 billion in a major settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general that had sued the company for misrepresenting the prevalence of harm on apps like Facebook and Instagram. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

The lawsuit claimed State Farm violated state code over its practices toward additional living expense coverage, including by misrepresenting the terms of such coverage and by paying late. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Reddington accused Grace of misrepresenting some of the facts related to some of Clancy’s Google searches. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

The two sides had been due to meet Monday for preliminary discussions for a possible settlement, but Bonta called off the meeting late Sunday, after accusing Paramount of misrepresenting details of an earlier meeting held on Friday. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

The specialists who wrote to the university, all of whom have published research, said misrepresenting methodology is a breach of scientific integrity. — Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 24 Aug. 2026

Cohen testified before Congress in 2019, alleging Trump had a history of misrepresenting the value of assets to gain favorable loan terms and tax benefits. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026