Synonyms for misguide
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : mis-gahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈgaɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for misguide Other synonyms for the word misguide
- bait
- bait and switch
- be untruthful
- bear false witness
- beguile
- bilk
- bluff
- break promise
- BS
- bull
- bunk
- caboodle
- con
- concoct
- cover up
- cozen
- delude
- disinform
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- distort
- do a number on
- double-cross
- double-talk
- doublespeak
- dupe
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entangle
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- fabricate
- fake
- falsify
- fib
- foist
- foist off
- forswear
- frame
- fudge
- go back on
- gull
- hoax
- hose
- illude
- impose on
- inveigle
- invent
- jive
- juggle
- lead astray
- lead on
- lead up garden path
- lie
- lure
- make believe
- malign
- misdirect
- misguide
- misinform
- misinstruct
- misspeak
- misstate
- mousetrap
- offload
- outfox
- outwit
- overdraw
- overreach
- palter
- pass off
- perjure
- pervert
- phony
- plant
- play trick on
- prevaricate
- pull wool over eyes
- put on
- put on an act
- put on false front
- put up a front
- put up smoke screen
- rip off
- rook
- rope in
- scam
- seduce
- shaft
- signify
- snow
- soft-soap
- stall
- string along
- sucker
- swindle
- take in
- tempt
- trick
- victimize
- wrong steer
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
- 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
Antonyms for misguide
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