incomprehending

Examples

• All

• She watched the movie with an incomprehending frown, not understanding the plot twists.

• Her large black eyes, sad and incomprehending, are waiting for me to tell her what to do.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Talking to me about drama is like talking to a puppy about NASDAQ, with all the incomprehending stares and overwhelming cuteness that metaphor implies.

  Blog text (2)

• The child looked up at the teacher with an incomprehending expression when she explained the complex math problem.

Synonyms

P

puzzled

vsincomprehending

31 3.0

Unable to understand something because you feel confused

means not understanding without necessarily losing clear thought

P

perplexed

vsincomprehending

7 5.1

Feeling confused because you do not understand something

is less intense confusion and may just lack understanding without being overwhelmed

U

unknowing

vsincomprehending

5 5.8

Not aware that something is happening or true

is lack of understanding rather than simply not being aware of facts

U

uncomprehending

vsincomprehending

2 7.0

Not understanding what someone says or means

is the same meaning but differs only in form or spelling

M

mystified

vsincomprehending

1 5.9

Not able to understand what is happening and feeling puzzled

is a milder lack of understanding without extreme or total confusion

B

bewildered

vsincomprehending

1 5.3

Feeling confused and not knowing what is happening or what to do

is general lack of understanding without being lost in a situation

B

baffled

vsincomprehending

3.9

Feeling confused when you cannot understand something

is lack of understanding that need not involve difficult subjects

How Confused

bewildered

1 5.3

perplexed

7 5.1

baffled

3.9

confused

692 1.3

incomprehending

6.9

puzzled

31 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology