- misunderstood - wrongly understood; "a misunderstood criticism"; "a misunderstood question"
Antonym: understood (indirect, via ununderstood)
- misunderstood - not given sympathetic understanding; "a sorely misunderstood child"
Antonym: unabused (indirect, via abused)
- misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"
--1 is one way to interpret, construe, see
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun misunderstanding1, noun misunderstanding2
Sam and Sue misunderstand the movie
They won't misunderstand the story