incomprehension

Converse of object

• express: Elsewhere, too, Dunn frequently and understandably expresses incomprehension of Lesley's death, asking the rhetorical " Why?
• provoke: Think, for example, of the genuine indignation and incomprehension once provoked by the request, " Would you mind not smoking?

Adjective modifier

• mutual: Once participants are contributing to the conference, a problem of mutual incomprehension arises.
• blank: Any suggestion of such things would have been received with a stare of blank incomprehension.
• total: Even worse, public understanding of archeology is likely to decline into total incomprehension.
• complete: You used my car whilst I was out of town, and feigned complete incomprehension when the spending summons came.
• initial: The character overcomes his initial incomprehension of some local customs by asking the right questions.