One can expect to encounter many reactions of incomprehension when attempting to speak in a foreign language.
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Incomprehension
Synonyms for "incomprehension" (22 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 7 languages.
French
1 entries- incompréhension noun (lack of comprehension)
Hungarian
1 entries- értetlenség noun (lack of comprehension)
Italian
1 entries- incomprensione noun (lack of comprehension)
Japanese
1 entries- 無理解 noun (lack of comprehension)
Polish
1 entries- niezrozumienie noun (lack of comprehension)
Russian
1 entries- непонима́ние noun (lack of comprehension)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нерозумі́ння noun (lack of comprehension)
Sample sentences
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Stephen blushed; and his father looked from one to the other in a state of utter incomprehension.
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(...) and the wearied worker, borne at evening through crowded undergrounds, might read his name with a listless incomprehension.
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Simon broke off and turned to Piggy who was looking at him with an expression of derisive incomprehension.
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