misunderstand

To understand incorrectly; misinterpret.

To understand amiss; attach a false meaning to; take in a wrong sense; misconceive; interpret or explain to one’s self erroneously.

To fail to understand (a person with reference to his words or actions): as, I misunderstood you.

To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.

To understand incorrectly, while thinking to have understood correctly.

interpret in the wrong way