misquoting

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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“I would hope that they would continue to recognize the primary intent of the paper and be very meticulous about avoiding misquoting or mischaracterizing what that paper is for.”

From Scientific American • Oct. 16, 2023

"Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery," he told an audience near Skid Row in Los Angeles - misquoting another famous London resident who travelled to the USA, Oscar Wilde.

From BBC • May 13, 2022

On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal was compelled to issue an amusing, if embarrassing, correction after misquoting Israel’s prime minister the day before.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2018

And in Rogelio Martinez’s “Blind Date,” set for the Goodman Theater in January, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev achieve rapport after misquoting ’80s films.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2017

When he was done misquoting the poem on the Statue of Liberty, the youngest, Fifi, asked if she could blow out the candle, and Mami said only after everyone had made a wish.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez