misrelate

verb

mis·​re·​late ˌmis-ri-ˈlāt 

misrelated; misrelating

transitive + intransitive

: to relate badly or wrongly : to give an erroneous or inaccurate account of

misrelate a story

Synonyms

• bend
• color
• cook
• distort
• falsify
• fudge
• garble
• misinterpret
• misrepresent
• misstate
• pervert
• slant
• twist
• warp

Examples of misrelate in a Sentence

that Hollywood anecdote has been misrelated so many times that at this point no one knows what was actually said

Word History

First Known Use

1621, in the meaning defined above