misrepresentverb [ T ]
uk/ˌmɪs.rep.rɪˈzent/us/ˌmɪs.rep.rɪˈzent/to describe falsely an idea, opinion, or situation, often in order to get an advantage:
She accused her opponents of deliberately misrepresenting her as an extremist.
I've grown used to my views being misrepresented in the press.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- artifice
- bad faith
- be a pack of lies idiom
- canard
- charade
- cobbler
- flimflam
- forked tongue
- half-truth
- hogwash
- humbug
- make sth up
- polygraph
- pork pie
- porky
- post-factual
- post-truth
- propaganda
- stretch the truth idiom
- venal
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