Misconstruing [verb]
Definition of Misconstruing:
get a wrong or false impression
Sentence/Example of Misconstruing:
As for being straightforward, don't they misconstrue our words continually?
And, lest he might misconstrue her remark, she avoided his eyes.
Did I misconstrue your thoughts when you looked at me in the Queen's boudoir?
Theirs was an anxiety I should have been blind to misconstrue.
Your jealous fancy causes you to misconstrue what you saw and heard.
I acted on the impulse of affection, and I am sure you will not misconstrue my motives.
If they misconstrued Mary's motive, let us beware lest we misconstrue theirs.
But we must not misconstrue words in our versions of a style so loose.
But the trappers were too wise to misconstrue the action of the Blackfeet.
He understood that attitude, but he smiled, pretending to misconstrue it.