Home › Words › M › misintendmisintendmisintend · verb — to intend, purpose, or direct amiss or wrongfully; mismean.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom mis- + intend.verbTo intend, purpose, or direct amiss or wrongfully; mismean.e.g.“Come therefore, gentle death, and ease my griefe; Cut short what malice Fortune misintends.” — 1967, Arthur Freeman, Thomas Kyd: facts and problems - Page 145:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misintention 82% match — A wrong intention. vs misintend →misinterpret 67% match — To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand. vs misintend →mispurpose 66% match — An incorrect or inappropriate purpose. vs misintend →misinvoke 65% match — To invoke (any sense) in error. vs misintend →misheed 65% match — To heed amiss; fail to heed. vs misintend →misdeem 64% match — To misjudge, to deem wrongly. vs misintend →misintroduce 64% match — To name or describe (someone or something) incorrectly when making an introduction; to present (someone or something) by the wrong name or description. vs misintend →misdirectedly 63% match — In a misdirected manner; in the wrong direction. vs misintend →