misremember
verb[IorT]
(alsomis-remember)uk/ˌmɪs.rɪˈmem.bər/us/ˌmɪs.rɪˈmem.bɚ/toremembersomething in thewrongway:
It isstrangehow we misrememberchildhoodevents.
I may be misremembering.
Heinsistedthat he had mis-remembered thefacts.
- Lawyersarguedthat he hadinnocentlymisremembered theconversation.
- Iseemtorecallshelikedhim, though I could be misremembering.
- Somepeoplemaylie, or misremember, so it can beextremelydifficulttoknowthetruth.
- When they could notfindthecar, theyassumedthey hadmerelymis-remembered theparkingspace.
- While he may have mis-remembereddetails, hisallegationsringtrue.
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- aide-mémoire
- annal
- awakensomeonetosomething
- be engraved onsomeone'smemory/mindidiom
- be etched on/insomeone'smemoryidiom
- commit
- echo
- hold that thoughtidiom
- hooky
- if my memory serves me rightidiom
- imprint
- indelible
- recall
- reminder
- reminisce
- reminiscence
- reminiscent
- retrace
- shade
- stamp
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