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misquotes
verb as in lie, distort
Weak matches
- 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
Example Sentences
On March 16, 2021, the paper corrected a couple of misquotes that it had printed.
Speaking elegantly, he quotes — and misquotes — poets, scientists and former leaders, weaving fragments of history into his long monologues that lay out a dark and at times contradictory worldview.
Horvath said Pinsky regularly misquotes and exaggerates the number of people who are homeless and have a serious mental illness or substance use disorder.
In "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," he even misquotes "Hamlet."
On Friday, she said, “Leave it to the media to irresponsibly take President Trump out of context and run with negative headlines,” only to watch Mr. Trump say his comments were “sarcasm,” not misquotes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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