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| Main Entry: | misjudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the wrong idea |
| Synonyms: | bark up wrong tree, be misled, be overcritical, be partial, be unfair, be wrong, come to hasty conclusion, dogmatize, drop the ball, err, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconjecture, misconstrue, misdeem, misreckon, miss by a mile, mistake, misthink, misunderstand, overestimate, overrate, prejudge, presume, presuppose, put foot in, stumble, suppose, underestimate, underrate |
| Antonyms: | figure, judge well, understand |
| Main Entry: | prejudice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence another's beliefs without basis, information |
| Synonyms: | angle*, bend*, bias, blemish*, color*, damage, dispose, distort, harm, hinder, hurt, impair, incline, indoctrinate, injure, jaundice, mar, poison*, predispose, prejudge, prepossess, skew*, slant*, spoil, sway*, twist*, undermine, vitiate, warp |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | approve, be fair, be just, regard, respect, tolerate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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