Associations to the word «Mistaken»
Noun
- Confusion
- Pretence
- Presumption
- Nietzsche
- Similarity
- Modesty
- Ladyship
- Perhaps
- Nor
- Delicacy
- Deception
- Firmness
- Plutarch
- Wretch
- Flattery
- Promontory
- Prejudice
- Lordship
- Apprehension
- Rationality
- Vanity
- Pardon
- Sentiment
- Conclusion
- Enmity
- Recollection
- Contrary
- Insisting
- Informant
- Superstition
- Indulgence
- Lesion
- Gentleman
- Attribution
- Glance
- Copying
- Nay
- Conception
- Accusation
- Intoxication
- Observer
- Bystander
- Piety
- Illusion
- Handwriting
- Madame
- Authorship
Adjective
Wiktionary
MISTAKEN, verb. Past participle of mistake
MISTAKEN, adjective. Erroneous.
MISTAKEN, adjective. (with a copula verb) (often with about) Having an incorrect belief.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY, noun. Falsely believing that someone is someone else.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY, noun. (legal) A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.
Dictionary definition
MISTAKEN, adjective. Wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity".
MISTAKEN, adjective. Arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation".
Wise words
More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the
words men use.