Misquotes [verb]
Definition of Misquotes:
lie, distort
Synonyms of Misquotes:
● Angle
● Beard
● Belie
● Build up
● Cloak
● Color
● Con
● Confuse
● Disguise
● Distort
● Dress
● Falsify
● Garble
● Mangle
● Mask
● Misstate
● Palter
● Pervert
● Pirate
● Promote
● Puff
● Skew
● Slant
● Snow
● Stretch
● Twist
● Warp
● Cover up
● Miscolor
● Overdraw
● Phony up
● Trump up
Sentence/Example of Misquotes:
Our neighbor, in the first place, misquotes us in his haste.
He does not take the trouble to verify, he misquotes, he is not careful to weigh evidence.
Wordsworth is his strong point, and freely he quotes and misquotes him on all occasions.
It should be noted here that Cibber misquotes the line, a failing habitual to him.
Hypocrisy reads and misquotes, and credulity accepts the quotation.
The Watchman assails prominent supporters of woman suffrage, and misquotes and misrepresents them.
He quotes, misquotes, Shakespeare; recalls bits of Lear, and breaks down in recitation.
Dean Stanley misquotes the oracle, and does injustice to the old heathen prophet.