MISREPRESENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does misrepresent mean?
• MISREPRESENT (verb)
The verb MISREPRESENT has 2 senses:
1. represent falsely
2. fake or falsify
Familiarity information: MISREPRESENT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MISREPRESENT (verb)
Meaning:
Represent falsely
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
misrepresent; belie
Context example:
This statement misrepresents my intentions
Hypernyms (to "misrepresent" is one way to...):
represent (serve as a means of expressing something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "misrepresent"):
sentimentalise; sentimentalize (look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment)
distort; falsify; garble; warp (make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story)
affect; dissemble; feign; pretend; sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Fake or falsify
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
fudge; fake; falsify; misrepresent; wangle; manipulate; cook
Context examples:
Fudge the figures / cook the books / falsify the data
Hypernyms (to "misrepresent" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "misrepresent"):
juggle (manipulate by or as if by moving around components)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
