To alter the appearance of (anything) so as to mislead or deceive as to it; to exhibit in a false light; to colour; to misrepresent.

transitive. To portray in a false light; to put an unfair or untrue interpretation on (words, facts, evidence, etc.); to misrepresent, falsify. Cf…

transitive. To misrepresent (a person or thing); to adulterate; to falsify. reflexive. To show oneself in false colours, to make false pretensions…

To turn or deflect (a matter, etc.); to divert to (unto, †into) some different (esp. undue or improper) purpose, end, etc.; to distort or pervert.

transitive. To give a false representation or account of, to misrepresent; to be misleading with regard to. Also: to be at variance or incompatible…

figurative. to spell (one) backward, to misrepresent; to pervert. Obsolete.

transitive. To speak falsely of, misrepresent. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To make false or incorrect. To give a false account of; to misrepresent.

transitive. To represent wrongly or imperfectly; to give a false or misleading representation or account of.

transitive. To pervert, corrupt, misrepresent, falsify; to turn into something bad.

transitive. To make selections from (a statement, fact, piece of writing, etc.), typically with an unfair or malicious purpose; to purposefully…

transitive. figurative. To portray (facts, etc.) in a false light; to misrepresent. Cf. colour, v. 6.

transitive. To render or interpret incorrectly.

transitive. To turn (something) into a distorted, absurd, or inferior version of what it should be; to debase; to misrepresent; to make a travesty…

transitive. To describe inaccurately or misleadingly.

To depict or represent unfairly. Also, to distort, bias.

transitive. To portray incorrectly or inadequately; to misrepresent.