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16 words match “MISUNDERSTAND”

MISUNDERSTAND v.
To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
MISUNDERSTANDER n.
One who misunderstands. Sir T. More.
MISUNDERSTANDING n. 2 definitions
Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." Swift.
CROSS-PURPOSE n.
made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.
EXPLANATION n.
A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation.
IMBROGLIO n.
A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding. Wrestling to free itself from the baleful imbroglio. Carlyle.
MESS n.
able mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it. [Colloq.]
MISAPPREHEND v.
To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand. Locke.
MISAPPREHENSION n.
A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
MISATTEND v.
To misunderstand; to disregard. [Obs.] Milton.
MISCOGNIZE v.
To fail to apprehend; to misunderstand. [Obs.] Holland.
MISCOMPREHEND v.
To get a wrong idea of or about; to misunderstand.
MISINTELLIGENCE n.
Disagreement; misunderstanding. [Obs.]
MISREAD v.
To read amiss; to misunderstand in reading.
MISTAKE v. 3 definitions
To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. Locke. My father's purposes have been mistook. Shak.
VIRTUE n.
of him, turned him about. Mark v. 30. A man was driven to depend for his security against misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his syntax. De Quincey. The virtue of his midnight agony. Keble.