Reverse Dictionary: MISUNDERSTAND

ADJECTIVES
► BASKETED abandoned, ignored, misunderstood, confused → 1867 sl. 

NOUNS
► BACK-RECKONING a misunderstanding → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAFFLE an argument; a misunderstanding, a disagreement → 1889 Eng. dial.
► CRISS-CROSS a muddle or misunderstanding; a being at cross-purposes → 1877 obs.
► CROSSED LINES misunderstanding → 1932 sl. 
► CROSSED WIRES misunderstanding → 1932 sl. 
► EMBROGLIO ► IMBROGLIO a state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement → 1818
► FALL-OUT a quarrel, a misunderstanding → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► IGNORATION the fact of being ignorant; mistaking or misunderstanding through want of knowledge → 1612 obs.
► ILL evil, misfortune, injury; harm; misunderstanding → 1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MIFF a slight quarrel or misunderstanding; a tiff; a fit of ill-humour, pettishness; a huff → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MISKEN a mistake, misunderstanding → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MONDEGREEN a misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing. esp. said of the lyrics to a song → 1954
► UPSET a misunderstanding; a quarrel → 1879 Eng. dial.

VERBS
► CHIP OUT to have a misunderstanding → 1936 Amer. dial.
► GET THE WRONG END OF THE TETHER to make a mistake; to misunderstand → 1884 Eng. dial.
► LOOK BEYOND to misconstrue, to misunderstand → 1600
► MISBELIEVE to misunderstand → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MISCOGNIZE to fail to appreciate or acknowledge; to misunderstand → 1603 obs.
► MISKEN to misunderstand, to misconceive → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
► MISKNOW to be ignorant of, not to know; to misunderstand, to fail to recognize → 1660 Sc.  
► PICK UP STOMPIES to come late to a conversation and so misunderstand what is being discussed → S. Afr. sl.