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单词 misguiding
释义

misguide

verb

mis·​guide ˌmis-ˈgīd How to pronounce misguide (audio)
misguided; misguiding; misguides

transitive verb

: to lead astray : misdirect
prejudice misguides our minds
misguider noun

Synonyms

  • bamboozle
  • beguile
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • burn
  • catch
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • delude
  • dupe
  • fake out
  • fool
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • gull
  • have
  • have on [chiefly British]
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • juggle
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • string along
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • take in
  • trick
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Example Sentences

we were misguided by the flashy advertisements for what turned out to be pretty lousy pizza
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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

misguiding

verb

present participle of misguide
as in deceiving
to cause to believe what is untrue we were misguided by the flashy advertisements for what turned out to be pretty lousy pizza

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deceiving
  • fooling
  • tricking
  • misleading
  • misinforming
  • deluding
  • teasing
  • duping
  • kidding
  • bamboozling
  • hoodwinking
  • suckering
  • conning
  • gulling
  • hoaxing
  • cheating
  • humbugging
  • beguiling
  • bluffing
  • cozening
  • catching
  • snookering
  • stinging
  • spoofing
  • juggling
  • sucking in
  • burning
  • stringing along
  • gaffing
  • having
  • snowing
  • taking in
  • gammoning
  • having on
  • hornswoggling
  • buffaloing
  • faking out
  • leading one up the garden path
  • defrauding
  • pulling one's leg
  • leading one down the garden path
  • doing a number on
  • swindling
  • fleecing
  • shortchanging
  • pulling the wool over one's eyes
  • sticking
  • mulcting
  • bleeding
  • putting on
  • rooking
  • hustling
  • diddling
  • chiseling
  • flimflamming
  • skinning
  • squeezing
  • euchring
  • chiselling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • exposing
  • revealing
  • debunking
  • uncovering
  • undeceiving
  • telling
  • disclosing
  • divulging
  • unmasking
  • disillusioning
  • disabusing
  • showing up
  • unveiling
  • uncloaking
  • disenchanting
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