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MISINFORM
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they misinform ... he / she / it misinforms
Past simple: misinformed
Past participle: misinformed
-ing form: misinforming
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give false or misleading information to
Synonyms:
misinform; mislead
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "misinform" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "misinform"):
lie (tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive)
beat around the bush; equivocate; palter; prevaricate; tergiversate (be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information)
amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)
sandbag (downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling)
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
misinformation (information that is incorrect)
