mispronounce

Verb

Meaning

To pronounce incorrectly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

misspeak miss give lisp add answer observe declare accent beef announce skip articulate distort blur

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Antonyms

crow order correct improve repair resolve

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Hypernyms

say pronounce articulate enunciate enounce sound out

Derivatives

mispronounced mispronouncing

Examples

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it. Christopher Morley

I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now. Ann Beattie

There are a lot of ways to mispronounce my name. That is the least common [...] I checked with my mother. In 50 years no one's ever called her "Elsie Fag". Barney Frank

She mispronounces many Latinate words Source: Internet

'Don't mispronounce my name at graduation' Source: Internet

Do you cringe when we mispronounce French/Italian wine labels in an attempt to sound French or Italian? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mispromote mispromotion mispronoun mispronounced mispronouncement mispronouncer