mistaken
adjective
[ mɪˈsteɪk(ə)n ]
• wrong in one's opinion or judgement.
• "she wondered whether she'd been mistaken about his intentions"
Similar:
wrong,
erroneous,
inaccurate,
incorrect,
inexact,
off-target,
off-beam,
out,
false,
fallacious,
unsound,
unfounded,
misguided,
misinformed,
wide of the mark,
mistake
verb
• be wrong about.
• "because I was inexperienced I mistook the nature of our relationship"
Similar:
misunderstand,
misinterpret,
get wrong,
put a wrong interpretation on,
misconstrue,
misapprehend,
misread,
miss,
take amiss,
be wrong,
be in error,
be at fault,
be under a misapprehension,
be misinformed,
be misguided,
be wide of the mark,
be barking up the wrong tree,
get the wrong end of the stick,
Opposite:
be right,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse mistaka ‘take in error’, probably influenced in sense by Old French mesprendre .
