be amiss

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verb

interpret in the wrong way
- Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism
- She misconstrued my remarks
• Syn:
misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend
• Derivationally related forms:
misapprehension (for: misapprehend), misunderstanding (for: misunderstand), misconception (for: misconceive), misinterpretation (for: misinterpret), misconstruction (for: misconstrue), misconstrual (for: misconstrue)
• Hypernyms:
interpret, construe, see
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something