misinterpret

misinterpret
    v 1: interpret falsely
    2: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" [syn:
       {misread}, {misinterpret}]
    3: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments
       as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn:
       {misconstrue}, {misinterpret}, {misconceive},
       {misunderstand}, {misapprehend}, {be amiss}]
    

Misinterpret \Mis`in*ter"pret\, v. t.
   To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a
   wrong sense.
   [1913 Webster]
    

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "misinterpret":
      bias, bugger up, color, contort, distort, err, garble,
      get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, make a miscue,
      make a mistake, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend,
      miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture,
      misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misdirect, misesteem, misestimate,
      misevaluate, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentify,
      misjudge, misquote, misread, misreckon, misrender, misrepresent,
      mistake, misthink, mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, misvalue,
      pervert, screw up, slant, squeeze, strain, strain the sense,
      torture, twist the words, varnish, wrench