misquotes

VERB

lie, distort

Synonyms

WEAK

adulterate angle beard belie build up cloak color con confuse cover up disguise distort dress embellish embroider equivocate exaggerate falsify garble give snow job mangle mask miscolor misinterpret misreport misstate overdraw overstate palter pervert phony up pirate prevaricate promote puff skew slant snow spread it on stretch take out of context throw a curve trump up twist warp

Antonyms

WEAK

be forthright be honest explain

Example Sentences

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But its existence also means there’s no excuses for misattribution or misquotes, which is surely part of its at least temporary revival.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Listed between celebrity misquotes and political mishaps was a trend for an oversized cat along with an orangutan who got free from a zoo and wreaked havoc.

From The Verge • Jan. 30, 2019

Rep. Davis even misquotes it as: “Nothing in this bill shall allow insurance companies to deny anyone coverage for preexisting conditions.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2018

It includes misquotes of Muslim figures of authority and elisions of fact that portray the Muslim community as dogmatic and unknowable.

From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2018

Note the care he has shown in quoting one of those hackneyed phrases which almost all the world misquotes, "Que mon nom soit fletri, pourvu que la France soit libre."

From Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc by Belloc, Hilaire