Meanings
present singular third person misinforms · participle present misinforming · participle past misinformed · past misinformed
- transitiveTo give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information to.
It is clear that the politician misinformed the public on the issue.
2 more examples
Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert. Rick: I was misinformed.
1942, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch, CasablancaAbsences and silences can misinform readers just as effectively as more obvious devices.
2007, Ian Eyres, English for Primary and Early Years, page 188
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Germanic*missaz
- Proto-Germanic*missa-
- Proto-West Germanic*missa-
- Old Englishmis-
- Middle Englishmys-
- Englishmis-
- Englishinform
- Englishmisinform
Translations
Bulgarian дезинформи́рам
- дезинформи́рам (dezinformíram)give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Catalan desinformar
- desinformargive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Chinese Mandarin 誤報 /误报, 誤傳 /误传
- 誤報 /误报 (wùbào)give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
- 誤傳 /误传 (wùchuán)give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Czech dezinformovat
- dezinformovatgive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
French mésinformer, induire en erreur
- mésinformergive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
- induire en erreurgive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
- désinformergive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
German falsch informieren
- falsch informierengive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Greek παραπληροφορώ
- παραπληροφορώ (parapliroforó)give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Hungarian félretájékoztat, tévesen/hibásan/rosszul tájékoztat/informál
- félretájékoztatgive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
- tévesen/hibásan/rosszul tájékoztat/informálgive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
- félrevezetgive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Italian disinformare
- disinformaregive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Portuguese desinformar
- desinformargive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Russian дезинформи́ровать
- дезинформи́ровать (dezinformírovatʹ)give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Spanish desinformar
- desinformargive or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Ukrainian дезінформувати
- дезінформувати (dezinformuvaty)give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with misinform
Cite this entry
misinform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misinform
“misinform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misinform. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misinform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misinform.
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