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Present participle for to give a false or misleading account of the nature of

Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of

Present participle for to wrongly identify as someone or something else

Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

Present participle for to mistreat or do an injustice to

Present participle for to misrepresent oneself or something

Present participle for to be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

Present participle for to mimic, typically humorously

Present participle for to make unclear or difficult to understand

Present participle for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement

The act of speaking falsehoods or dissimulating misinformation

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Verb

Present participle for to give a false or misleading account of the nature of

misinterpreting

quoting out of context

putting a spin on

taking out of context

giving a false account of

giving a false idea of

interfering with

messing about with

putting words in someone's mouth

putting the wrong slant on

quoting incorrectly

cooking the books

giving a false impression of

twisting someone's words

twisting around

romanticizing^US

romanticising^UK

making adjustments to

making changes to

making alterations to

performing magic

varnishing over

giving a false picture of

laying it on thick

making partisan

exerting an influence on

having an effect on

leading by the nose

turning one's head

twisting one's arm

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“He has also been quoted as being rather annoyed that the ID advocates continually misrepresent his views.”

Verb

Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

overemphasising^UK

overemphasizing^US

catastrophizing

romanticising^UK

romanticizing^US

overexaggerating

laying it on thick

making too much of something

stretching the truth

making a big thing of

making a federal case of

laying it on with a trowel

blowing something out of all proportion

blowing up out of all proportion

laying it on with a shovel

making a production out of

drawing the longbow

making a mountain out of a molehill

shooting a line

blowing out of proportion

going to extremes

piling it on about

laying it on thick about

making a drama out of a crisis

laying it on with a trowel about

making a big thing out of

drawing the long bow

emphasizing too much

melodramatizing

overdramatizing

making a production of

chewing the scenery

attaching too much importance to

attaching too much weight to

overembellishing

making federal case

making a big thing about

making a big deal out of something

going overboard

overstating the case

harping on about

laying too much emphasis on

placing too much emphasis on

blowing up out of proportion

expressing emotion

making a mountain out of

magnifying importance

allowing too much for

overelaborating

making a song and dance about

getting carried away

giving someone a sob story

adding detail to

adding flesh to

exaggerating information

stretching a point

giving substance to

sending through the roof

sensationalizing^US

sensationalising^UK

gaining strength

laying too much stress on

adding insult to injury

rubbing salt in the wound

adding fuel to the flames

adding fuel to the fire

fanning the flames of

overcalculating

going on and on about

going over the top about

paying extravagant compliments

embellishing the truth

giving fulsome praise

laying on with a trowel

playing to gallery

playing to the gallery

going overboard with

making a performance of

giving color to

playing on heartstrings

making a thing of

making a thing about

theatricalizing

chewing up the scenery

growing quickly

putting emphasis on

focusing attention on

calling attention to

turning spotlight on

drawing attention to

bringing attention to

laying emphasis on

bringing to the fore

giving prominence to

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Verb

Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

telling stories

telling untruths

stretching the truth

departing from the truth

forswearing oneself

making up a story

inventing a story

not telling the truth

telling a terminological inexactitude

creating fiction

speaking with forked tongue

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

telling a little white lie

pulling someone's leg

stringing along

telling a white lie

putting on the wrong track

throwing off the scent

sending on a wild goose chase

doing a number on

taking for a ride

leading up the garden path

telling untruth

creating out of thin air

propagandizing^US

giving the wrong impression

giving someone a bum steer

propagandising^UK

pulling one's leg

putting up smoke screen

putting on an act

giving wrong information to

pulling a swifty on

leading down the garden path

double-crossing

pulling a fast one on

putting on false front

taking advantage of

playing for a sucker

playing trick on

putting one over on

leading up garden path

telling a falsehood

telling an untruth

concocting a story

saying something untrue

perjuring oneself

bearing false witness

breaking promise

committing perjury

putting up a front

spinning a yarn

lying under oath

swearing falsely

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Verb

Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of

Verb

Present participle for to wrongly identify as someone or something else

Verb

Present participle for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

scandalising^UK

scandalizing^US

dishonouring^UK

speaking ill of

dragging through the mud

dragging through the mire

casting aspersions on

speaking evil of

flinging mud at

slinging mud at

giving a bad name

throwing mud at

spreading scandal about

doing a hatchet job on

telling lies about

casting a slur on

running a smear campaign against

blackening someone's name

running smear campaign

stigmatizing^US

stigmatising^UK

giving a black eye

blackening the name of

gossiping about

writing false reports about

spreading tales about

dragging someone's name through the mud

dragging name through mud

casting aspersion

accusing falsely

spreading lies about

bringing into disrepute

bringing discredit to

bringing shame upon

doing a number on

reflecting badly on

bringing shame on

tarring and feathering

ripping up and down

pouring scorn on

taking to pieces

detracting from

inveighing against

speaking badly of

sullying the reputation of

railing against

pulling to pieces

cutting to the quick

fulminating against

throwing brickbats at

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

taking down a peg

trivializing^US

underestimating

trivialising^UK

putting in a bad light

hitting where one lives

finding fault with

blackening the character of

making light of

picking holes in

cutting down to size

treating lightly

marginalizing^US

marginalising^UK

dragging through mud

putting hooks in

vituperating against

casting slur on

taking a dig at

tearing to pieces

giving a bad name to

putting someone in their place

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

causing to lose face

injuring one's reputation

damaging one's good name

discountenancing

criticizing unfairly

giving black eye

looking down on

giving offence to

causing offence to

treating disrespectfully

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

showing in a bad light

bringing into disfavour

raising your hackles

giving the cold shoulder

putting your back up

ruffling one's feathers

giving a zinger

making somebody's hackles rise

reading the riot act

giving someone a dressing-down

tearing a strip off

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Verb

Present participle for to mistreat or do an injustice to

Verb

Present participle for to misrepresent oneself or something

Verb

Present participle for to be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

misinterpreting

misapprehending

misunderstanding

miscomprehending

underestimating

estimating wrongly

judging incorrectly

taking something amiss

getting the wrong idea about

having wrong impression

putting a wrong interpretation on

getting the wrong idea

getting it wrong

receiving a false impression

getting the wrong end of the stick

missing the point

getting the wrong impression about

getting hold of the wrong end of the stick

getting signals crossed

getting the wrong impression

dropping the ball

taking something the wrong way

missing by a mile

not registering

getting wrong impression

getting signals mixed

getting your lines crossed about

misconjecturing

making a mistake

making a boo-boo

getting your wires crossed

getting your lines crossed

making an error

coming to hasty conclusion

barking up wrong tree

jumping to the wrong conclusion about

getting the wrong end of the stick about

getting a false impression of

making a wrong interpretation of

taking out of context

calculating wrongly

making a howler

making a mistake about

failing to understand

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Verb

Present participle for to mimic, typically humorously

taking the mickey

doing an impression of

doing a takeoff of

taking the piss out of

making a mockery of

making sport of

poking mullock at

making jokes about

masquerading as

characterizing^US

characterising^UK

putting on an act

making a monkey of

slinging off at

passing oneself off as

pretending to be

doing an impersonation of

treading the boards

playing the part of

making a monkey out of

treating contemptuously

treating with contempt

making a fool of

bringing down the house

putting it over

heaping scorn on

patterning after

doing an impression

following in footsteps

trying to be like

pulling someone's chain

pulling someone's leg

doing a take-off

following example

following the example of

taking leaf out of book

taking the role of

acting the part of

professing to be

purporting to be

taking the part of

representing oneself as

assuming character

playing to the gallery

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Verb

Present participle for to make unclear or difficult to understand

Verb

Present participle for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement

Noun

The act of speaking falsehoods or dissimulating misinformation

misrepresentation

underhandedness

telling stories

lack of veracity

little white lies

committing perjury

disingenuousness

double-crossing

monkey business

untrustworthiness

misappropriation

unscrupulousness

breach of trust

stab in the back

lying under oath

wilful falsehood

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

false statement

bearing false testimony

forswearing oneself

false testimony

giving false evidence

violation of an oath

making false statements

ambidextrousness

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