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Misrepresent

To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.

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Manner of action 11

Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Dissemble 76% connected

To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

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Distort 76% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

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Falsify 76% connected

To make false; to represent falsely.

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Feign 76% connected

To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.

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Garble 76% connected

To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices.

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Juggle 76% connected

To play tricks by sleight of hand; to cause amusement and sport by tricks of skill; to conjure.

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Pretend 76% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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Sentimentalize 76% connected

To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject.

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Sham 76% connected

That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

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Warp 76% connected

To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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Broader term 3

Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Chisel 76% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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Represent 76% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Synonym 6

Belie 92% connected

To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cook 92% connected

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fake 92% connected

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Falsify 92% connected

To make false; to represent falsely.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fudge 92% connected

A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Manipulate 92% connected

To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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