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Synonyms for misguide


Grammar : Verb
Spell : mis-gahyd
Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈgaɪd

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Définition of misguide

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to go astray;" see mis- (1) + guide (v.). Transitive sense of "to guide in the wrong direction" is first attested c.1500. Related: Misguided; misguiding.
  • As in lie : verb tell an untruth
  • As in misinform : verb give wrong information intentionally
  • As in mislead : verb give someone the wrong idea, information
  • As in fob off : verb palm off
  • As in delude : verb deceive, fool
Example sentences :
  • If I be too long away, he will move without my words to misguide him.
  • Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
  • The efforts of the wicked leaders to misguide the masses are persistent.
  • Extract from : « The Nation's Peril » by Anonymous
  • I do believe that my uncle would have made a far less egregious smash if there had been no Napoleonic legend to misguide him.
  • Extract from : « Tono Bungay » by H. G. Wells
  • Now, what possible end can be served by books like these, except to misguide and misinform?
  • Extract from : « Ephemera Critica » by John Churton Collins
  • Your value there has never been unduly estimated by those whom personal feelings did not misguide.
  • Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • The pride of reason seeks to misguide men, and lead them away from God and the secrets of Nature.
  • Extract from : « Old Fritz and the New Era » by Louise Muhlbach
  • A tendency to undermine the best interests of the art is, however, insidiously at work to misguide the public taste.
  • Extract from : « Elementary Instruction in The Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting on Vellum » by D. Laurent de Lara

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