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mislead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪsˈliːd/

Etymology

From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.

Meanings

1. (countable, transitive, uncountable) A wrong or bad lead; a leading in the wrong direction.
   • If all the misleads (incorrect alternatives) are illogical, absurd, or in any way unattractive as possible answers, the student has no difficulty in choosing the correct answer. 1951, Improvement of Grading Practices for the Air Training, page 31:
2. (countable, transitive) That which is deceptive or untruthful (e.g. a falsehood, deception, untruth, or ruse).
   • The skinny body, a mislead to make people think that he was captured by someone and tortured. Even the loud gunshot was a mislead to make them ask questions to common citizens. His long untidy hair, also a mislead. 2021, Aren Bjorgman, Frozen Ashes:

Forms

Translations (4)

cmn 謊言 /谎言 (that which is deceptive) · fi valhe (that which is deceptive) · cmn 誤引 /误引 (wrong or bad lead) · fi väärä johtolanka (wrong or bad lead)

mislead en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪsˈliːd/

Etymology

From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.

Meanings

1. (literally, transitive) To lead astray, in a false direction.
   • City of the dead / At the end of another lost highway / Signs misleading to nowhere 2004, Green Day, “Jesus of Suburbia”, in American Idiot:
2. (transitive) To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
3. (transitive) To deceptively trick into something wrong.
   • The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin
4. (broadly, transitive) To accidentally or intentionally confuse.

Forms

Antonyms

guide · direct · lead

Deriveds

misleading · misleader · misleadable

Synonyms

misinform (lead in a false direction) · bluff (deceive by giving a false impression) · misguide (lead in a false direction) · delude (deceive by giving a false impression) · forlead (lead in a false direction) · deceive (deceive by giving a false impression) · beguile (deceive by giving a false impression) · seduce (trick into something wrong) · cheat (deceive by giving a false impression)

Translations (109)

es propiciar equivocarse (deceptively trick into something wrong) · ca enganyar (deceive by lies or other false impression) · hy մոլորեցնել (lead in a false direction) · de täuschen (deceive by lies or other false impression) · es despistar (lead in a false direction) · kk адастыру (lead in a false direction) · tr kandırmak (deceive by lies or other false impression) · ru запутывать (accidentally or intentionally confuse) · got 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (deceive by lies or other false impression) · sh obmanuti (deceive by lies or other false impression) · sl zavêsti (lead in a false direction) · tr ayartmak (deceptively trick into something wrong) · de in die Irre führen (lead in a false direction) · la decipio (deceive by lies or other false impression) · nl verleiden (deceptively trick into something wrong) · hy մոլորեցնել (deceive by lies or other false impression) · fr mésinformer (deceive by lies or other false impression) · hu megtéveszt (deceive by lies or other false impression) · fi viekotella (deceptively trick into something wrong) · sh обманути (lead in a false direction) · bg заблуждавам (deceive by lies or other false impression) · cs svést (lead in a false direction) · it sviare (lead in a false direction) · fi harhauttaa (lead in a false direction) · tt адаштыру (lead in a false direction) · cmn 哄騙 /哄骗 (deceptively trick into something wrong) · hy խաբել (deceive by lies or other false impression) · ru обма́нывать (lead in a false direction) · ru вводи́ть в заблужде́ние (lead in a false direction) · es desencaminar (lead in a false direction) · he הִטְעָה (lead in a false direction) · it disinformare (deceive by lies or other false impression) · da vildlede (lead in a false direction) · sv vilseleda (deceive by lies or other false impression) · grc πλανάω (lead in a false direction) · fi vedättää (deceive by lies or other false impression) · pl zmylić (lead in a false direction) · hi बहकाना (lead in a false direction) · nl bedriegen (deceive by lies or other false impression) · fi johtaa harhaan (accidentally or intentionally confuse) · bg подвеждам (deceptively trick into something wrong) · fr induire en erreur (deceptively trick into something wrong) · pt enganar (deceive by lies or other false impression) · cmn 欺騙 /欺骗 (deceive by lies or other false impression) · sh zavesti (deceive by lies or other false impression) · tr saptırmak (lead in a false direction) · pl wprowadzać w błąd (deceive by lies or other false impression) · pl wprowadzić w błąd (deceive by lies or other false impression) · sv vilseleda (lead in a false direction) · fi johtaa harhaan (deceive by lies or other false impression) · nl bedotten (deceive by lies or other false impression) · sv förleda (deceptively trick into something wrong) · de irreführen (lead in a false direction) · tr yanıltmak (lead in a false direction) · got 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lead in a false direction) · qu pallquy (deceive by lies or other false impression) · it ingannare (deceive by lies or other false impression) · fr égarer (lead in a false direction) · tr kandırmak (deceptively trick into something wrong) · pl wprowadzać w błąd (lead in a false direction) · de in die Irre führen (deceptively trick into something wrong) · es descarriar (lead in a false direction) · eo erarigi (deceive by lies or other false impression) · tr ayartmak (lead in a false direction) · it portare sulla cattiva strada (lead in a false direction) · pl wprowadzić w błąd (lead in a false direction) · hu félrevezet (deceive by lies or other false impression) · fr égarer (deceive by lies or other false impression) · fi vietellä (deceptively trick into something wrong) · bg заблуждавам (lead in a false direction) · tr aldatmak (deceive by lies or other false impression) · ru ввести́ в заблужде́ние (lead in a false direction) · es inducir a error (deceptively trick into something wrong) · sh obmanuti (lead in a false direction) · cmn 混淆 (accidentally or intentionally confuse) · sh обманути (deceive by lies or other false impression) · fr égarer (deceptively trick into something wrong) · de in die Irre führen (deceive by lies or other false impression) · hy սխալ ուղղությամբ տանել (lead in a false direction) · pt desencaminhar (lead in a false direction) · sh завести (deceive by lies or other false impression) · ru обману́ть (lead in a false direction) · it raggirare (deceive by lies or other false impression) · cs klamat (lead in a false direction) · mi rūpahu (deceive by lies or other false impression) · sl zavêsti (deceive by lies or other false impression) · fi harhauttaa (accidentally or intentionally confuse) · nl misleiden (deceive by lies or other false impression) · nl verlokken (deceptively trick into something wrong) · ang fortēon (lead in a false direction) · fi johtaa harhaan (lead in a false direction) · it truffare (deceive by lies or other false impression) · ca enganyar (deceptively trick into something wrong) · mi whakatuapeka (deceive by lies or other false impression) · pt enganar (deceptively trick into something wrong) · km បំភាន់ (lead in a false direction) · ca desencaminar (lead in a false direction) · mi whakapōhēhē (deceive by lies or other false impression) · mi papahu (deceive by lies or other false impression) · nl misleiden (lead in a false direction) · sl zavêsti (deceptively trick into something wrong) · ar أَضَلَّ (lead in a false direction) · enm mysleden (deceptively trick into something wrong) · pl mylić (lead in a false direction) · cmn 誤導 /误导 (lead in a false direction) · grc πλανάω (deceive by lies or other false impression) · fi harhauttaa (deceive by lies or other false impression) · es descaminar (lead in a false direction) · mi tuapeka (deceive by lies or other false impression)