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单词 misdescribes
释义

misdescribe

verb

mis·​de·​scribe ˌmis-di-ˈskrīb How to pronounce misdescribe (audio)
misdescribed; misdescribing

transitive verb

: to describe (something) wrongly
It may even be that left and right, radical and conservative misdescribe as much as they describe our everyday experience. J. Peter Euben

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

misdescribes

verb

present tense third-person singular of misdescribe
as in mistranslates

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • mistranslates
  • misrelates
  • misspeaks
  • misstates
  • misrepresents
  • bowdlerizes
  • falsifies
  • cooks
  • distorts
  • misinterprets
  • slants
  • camouflages
  • masks
  • colors
  • disguises
  • warps
  • garbles
  • perverts
  • veils
  • whitewashes
  • fudges
  • dissembles
  • glosses (over)
  • complicates
  • mistakes
  • censors
  • bends
  • belies
  • mystifies
  • palters
  • obscures
  • twists
  • mixes (up)
  • confuses
  • lies
  • prevaricates
  • confounds
  • equivocates
  • fibs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • explains
  • clears (up)
  • illustrates
  • clarifies
  • interprets
  • illuminates
  • spells out
  • deciphers
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