incomprehending

Examples

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• 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

68 3.0

Unable to understand something because you feel confused

means not understanding without necessarily losing clear thought

B

baffled

vsincomprehending

48 3.9

Feeling confused when you cannot understand something

is lack of understanding that need not involve difficult subjects

B

bewildered

vsincomprehending

38 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

P

perplexed

vsincomprehending

30 5.1

Feeling confused because you do not understand something

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

M

mystified

vsincomprehending

17 5.9

Not able to understand what is happening and feeling puzzled

is a milder lack of understanding without extreme or total confusion

U

unknowing

vsincomprehending

9 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

3 7.0

Not understanding what someone says or means

is the same meaning but differs only in form or spelling

How Confused

bewildered

38 5.3

perplexed

30 5.1

baffled

48 3.9

confused

762 1.3

incomprehending

1 6.9

puzzled

68 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology