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misstate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of misstate

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

it was important that the spokesperson not misstate the company's position to the media

Synonyms of misstate

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

Words Related to misstate

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 misstate

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

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