misinterpret > define
verb
- Interpret falsely.
- Interpret wrongly.
- usage: "I misread Hamlet all my life"
- synonyms: misread
- Interpret in the wrong way.
- usage: "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"
- synonyms: misconstrue, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(v.t.) To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary