" misperceiving "

1: to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of;

  * e.g., " ... humor-challenged members of the audience misperceived the speaker's harmless joke as an insult to their organization "

•  Synonyms : 

•  misapprehending,

•  misconstruing,

•  misinterpreting,

•  misknowing,

•  misreading,

•  missing,

•  mistaking,

•  misunderstanding

•  Antonyms : 

•  appreciating,

•  apprehending,

•  catching,

•  comprehending,

•  conceiving,

•  fathoming,

•  getting,

•  grasping,

•  grokking,

•  knowing,

•  making out,

•  penetrating,

•  perceiving,

•  savvying,

•  seeing,

•  seizing,

•  taking in,

•  understanding