MISGUIDING Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word misguiding. (close relations)
misguide
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| beguiling | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire • misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods | ||||||
| deceitful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • involving deception • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | ||||||
| deceptive | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true • designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | ||||||
| dishonest | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive adjective satellite • capable of being corrupted | ||||||
| fallacious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • containing or based on a fallacy • involving deception • based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information | ||||||
| false | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality adverb • in a disloyal and faithless manner adjective satellite • arising from error • erroneous and usually accidental • deliberately deceptive • inappropriate to reality or facts • not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article • designed to deceive • inaccurate in pitch • adopted in order to deceive • (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful | ||||||
| misleading | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | ||||||
| untrustworthy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • not worthy of trust or belief | ||||||
| deluding | verbv | |||||
verb • be false to; be dishonest with | ||||||
| misinforming | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
verb • give false or misleading information to | ||||||
| mislead | verbv | |||||
verb • lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions • give false or misleading information to | ||||||
| misadvise | ||||||
verb • give bad advice to | ||||||
| misdirect | verbv | |||||
verb • corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality • lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions • put a wrong address on | ||||||
| misinform | verbv | |||||
verb • give false or misleading information to | ||||||
| lead astray | verbv | |||||
verb • teach immoral behavior to • lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions • cause someone to believe an untruth | ||||||
