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What is another word for misrepresents?

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To give a false or misleading account of the nature of

To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

To tell a lie or something that is untrue

To make a false show or pretense of

To wrongly identify as someone or something else

To make hurtful and untrue comments about

To mistreat or do an injustice to

To misrepresent oneself or something

To be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

To mimic, typically humorously

To make unclear or difficult to understand

To avoid providing a clear answer or statement

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To give a false or misleading account of the nature of

colors^US

colours^UK

quotes out of context

puts a spin on

takes out of context

trumps up

gives a false account of

blows smoke

builds up

covers up

gives a false idea of

puts words in someone's mouth

puts the wrong slant on

gives a false impression of

molds^US

moulds^UK

twists someone's words

dramatizes^US

dramatises^UK

gives a false picture of

exerts an influence on

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

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To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

colours^UK

dramatises^UK

dramatizes^US

colors^US

emphasises^UK

emphasizes^US

makes too much of something

makes a federal case of

lays it on with a trowel

blows something out of all proportion

blows up out of all proportion

lays it on with a shovel

lays on

makes a production out of

draws the longbow

makes mountains out of molehills

shoots a line

cooks up

blows out of proportion

lays it on thick about

bigs up

makes a drama out of a crisis

lays it on with a trowel about

enhances

blows up

plays up

makes a big thing out of

belabours^UK

belabors^US

makes a production of

maximizes^US

maximises^UK

labors^US

labours^UK

attaches too much importance to

runs up

attaches too much weight to

annexes^US

makes a big thing about

rouses

makes a big deal out of something

places too much emphasis on

lays too much emphasis on

bends

interlards

blows up out of proportion

details

expounds

expresses emotion

makes a mountain out of

makes a song and dance about

gives someone a sob story

exaggerates information

sends through the roof

idealizes^US

lays too much stress on

adds fuel to the fire

rubs salt in the wound

adds fuel to the flames

fans the flames of

adds insult to injury

idealises^UK

goes over the top about

pays extravagant compliments

embellishes the truth

lays on with a trowel

makes a performance of

plays on heartstrings

italicizes^US

italicises^UK

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To tell a lie or something that is untrue

departs from the truth

tells a terminological inexactitude

creates fiction

tells a fib

speaks with forked tongue

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

tells a little white lie

puts on the wrong track

throws off the scent

puts on

sends on a wild goose chase

leads up the garden path

creates out of thin air

gives someone a bum steer

gives the wrong impression

wrong steers

leads down the garden path

victimises^UK

victimizes^US

gives wrong information to

says something untrue

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To make a false show or pretense of

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To wrongly identify as someone or something else

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To make hurtful and untrue comments about

scandalises^UK

scandalizes^US

dishonors^US

dishonours^UK

drags through the mud

drags through the mire

spreads scandal about

does a hatchet job on

runs a smear campaign against

blackens someone's name

runs smear campaign

knocks

rubbishes

stigmatizes^US

stigmatises^UK

criticizes^US

criticises^UK

writes false reports about

spreads tales about

marks wrong

drags someone's name through the mud

drags name through mud

brings into disrepute

minimizes^US

minimises^UK

pummels^US

sullies the reputation of

belabors^US

belabours^UK

blackens the reputation of

conducts a smear campaign against

trivializes^US

demonizes^US

demonises^UK

disfavors^US

disfavours^UK

trivialises^UK

blackens the character of

puts someone in their place

causes to lose face

loses face

makes someone eat crow

takes down a peg or two

injures one's reputation

damages one's good name

treats disrespectfully

rails

displeases

hurts somebody's feelings

brings into disfavour

puts your back up

raises your hackles

ruffles one's feathers

gives the cold shoulder

makes somebody's hackles rise

gives someone a dressing-down

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To mistreat or do an injustice to

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To misrepresent oneself or something

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To be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

takes something amiss

gets the wrong idea about

has wrong impression

puts a wrong interpretation on

receives a false impression

gets the wrong end of the stick

gets hold of the wrong end of the stick

misses the point

gets the wrong impression about

misreckons

gets signals crossed

gets the wrong impression

takes something the wrong way

misses by a mile

mixes up

takes wrongly

gets wrong impression

gets your lines crossed about

gets your wires crossed

gets your lines crossed

comes to hasty conclusion

jumps to the wrong conclusion about

gets the wrong end of the stick about

takes out of context

makes a wrong interpretation of

gets a false impression of

calculates wrongly

makes a howler

makes a mistake about

fails to hear

fails to take in

fails to understand

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To mimic, typically humorously

satirises^UK

satirizes^US

does an impression of

does a takeoff of

takes the piss out of

dramatizes^US

dramatises^UK

passes oneself off as

does an impersonation of

makes a monkey out of

treats contemptuously

brings down the house

epitomizes^US

epitomises^UK

follows the example of

takes leaf out of book

pulls someone's chain

represents oneself as

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To make unclear or difficult to understand

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To avoid providing a clear answer or statement

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