Synonyms and related words :
catachrestic, contort, distort, distorted, do amiss, eisegetical, garble, garbled, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, misapply, misapprehend, misapprehended, miscall, miscite, misconceive, misconceived, misconduct, misconstrue, misconstrued, miscount, misdeal, misdeem, misemploy, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misfield, misinterpret, misinterpreted, misjudge, mismanage, misplay, misprint, misquote, misrender, misreport, misspell, mistake, mistaken, mistranslate, misunderstand, misunderstood, misuse, pervert, perverted, squeeze, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, wrench