Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
unabled |
adjective |
Disabled. |
unalist |
noun |
An ecclesiastical who holds but one benefice; — distinguished from pluralist. |
unaquit |
adjective |
Unrequited. |
unarmed |
adjective |
Not armed or armored; having no arms or weapons., Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc. |
unarted |
adjective |
Ignorant of the arts., Not artificial; plain; simple. |
unaware |
adjective |
Not aware; not noticing; giving no heed; thoughtless; inattentive., Unawares. |
unbaned |
adjective |
Wanting a band or string; unfastened. |
unbeget |
verb t. |
To deprive of existence. |
unbegot |
adjective |
Alt. of Unbegotten |
unbegun |
adjective |
Not yet begun; also, existing without a beginning. |
unbeing |
adjective |
Not existing. |
unbound |
imp. & past participle |
of Unbind, imp. & p. p. of Unbind. |
unbless |
verb t. |
To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. |
unblest |
adjective |
Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched. |
unblind |
verb t. |
To free from blindness; to give or restore sight to; to open the eyes of. |
unbosom |
verb t. |
To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; — often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one’s self. |
unbowed |
adjective |
Not bent or arched; not bowed down. |
unbowel |
verb t. |
To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel. |
unbrace |
verb t. |
To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. |
unbraid |
verb t. |
To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle. |
unbuild |
verb t. |
To demolish; to raze. |
unbuxom |
adjective |
Disobedient. |
uncanny |
adjective |
Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. |
uncared |
adjective |
Not cared for; not heeded; — with for. |
unchain |
verb t. |
To free from chains or slavery; to let loose. |
uncharm |
verb t. |
To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. |
unchild |
verb t. |
To bereave of children; to make childless., To make unlike a child; to divest of the characteristics of a child. |
uncinus |
noun |
One of the peculiar minute chitinous hooks found in large numbers in the tori of tubicolous annelids belonging to the Uncinata. |
uncivil |
adjective |
Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized., Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior. |
unclasp |
verb t. |
To loose the clasp of; to open, as something that is fastened, or as with, a clasp; as, to unclasp a book; to unclasp one’s heart. |
unclean |
adjective |
Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy., Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing., Morally impure. |
uncling |
verb i. |
To cease from clinging or adhering. |
uncloak |
verb t. |
To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal., To remove, or take off, one’s cloak. |
unclose |
verb t. & i. |
To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one’s eyes., To disclose; to lay open; to reveal. |
uncloud |
verb t. |
To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like. |
uncoach |
verb t. |
To detach or loose from a coach. |
uncouth |
adjective |
Unknown., Uncommon; rare; exquisite; elegant., Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners. |
uncover |
verb t. |
To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one’s body., To show openly; to disclose; to reveal., To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one’s head; to uncover one’s self., To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect., To remove the covers from dishes, or the like. |
uncrown |
verb t. |
To deprive of a crown; to take the crown from; hence, to discrown; to dethrone. |
unction |
noun |
The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction., That which is used for anointing; an unguent; an ointment; hence, anything soothing or lenitive., Divine or sanctifying grace., That quality in language, address, or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor. |
uncurse |
verb t. |
To free from a curse or an execration. |
undated |
adjective |
Rising and falling in waves toward the margin, as a leaf; waved., Not dated; having no date; of unknown age; as, an undated letter. |
undecyl |
noun |
The radical regarded as characteristic of undecylic acid. |
undeify |
verb t. |
To degrade from the state of deity; to deprive of the character or qualities of a god; to deprive of the reverence due to a god. |
underdo |
verb i. |
To do less than is requisite or proper; — opposed to overdo., To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; — opposed to overdo. |
undergo |
verb t. |
To go or move below or under., To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion., To be the bearer of; to possess., To undertake; to engage in; to hazard., To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. |
undevil |
verb t. |
To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise. |
undight |
verb t. |
To put off; to lay aside, as a garment. |
undigne |
adjective |
Unworthy. |
undoing |
noun |
The reversal of what has been done., Ruin. |
undrape |
verb t. |
To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil. |
undress |
verb t. |
To divest of clothes; to strip., To divest of ornaments to disrobe., To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound., A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress., An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform. |
undwelt |
adjective |
Not lived (in); — with in. |
undying |
adjective |
Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men. |
uneared |
adjective |
Not eared, or plowed. |
unearth |
verb t. |
To drive or draw from the earth; hence, to uncover; to bring out from concealment; to bring to light; to disclose; as, to unearth a secret. |
unendly |
adjective |
Unending; endless. |
unequal |
adjective |
Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank., Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair., Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem., Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the sudden strain., Not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical. |
unethes |
adverb |
With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath. |
unexact |
adjective |
Not exact; inexact. |
unfaith |
noun |
Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief. |
unfeaty |
adjective |
Not feat; not dexterous; unskillful; clumsy. |
unfence |
verb t. |
To strip of a fence; to remove a fence from. |
unfiled |
adjective |
Not defiled; pure. |
unflesh |
verb t. |
To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. |
unframe |
verb t. |
To take apart, or destroy the frame of. |
unfrock |
verb t. |
To deprive or divest or a frock; specifically, to deprive of priestly character or privilege; as, to unfrock a priest. |
unfumed |
adjective |
Not exposed to fumes; not fumigated. |
unglaze |
verb t. |
To strip of glass; to remove the glazing, or glass, from, as a window. |
unglove |
verb t. |
To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand. |
ungodly |
adjective |
Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful., Polluted by sin or wickedness. |
ungored |
adjective |
Not stained with gore; not bloodied., Not gored or pierced. |
ungrate |
adjective |
Displeasing; ungrateful; ingrate. |
ungrave |
verb t. |
To raise or remove from the grave; to disinter; to untomb; to exhume. |
unguard |
verb t. |
To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected. |
ungueal |
adjective |
Ungual. |
unguent |
noun |
A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment. |
ungulae |
plural |
of Ungula |
ungular |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a hoof, claw, or talon; ungual. |
unguled |
adjective |
Hoofed, or bearing hoofs; — used only when these are of a tincture different from the body. |
unhandy |
adjective |
Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man. |
unhappy |
adjective |
Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn., In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct., Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day., Mischievous; wanton; wicked. |
unheard |
adjective |
Not heard; not perceived by the ear; as, words unheard by those present., Not granted an audience or a hearing; not allowed to speak; not having made a defense, or stated one’s side of a question; disregarded; unheeded; as, to condem/ a man unheard., Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure. |
unheart |
verb t. |
To cause to lose heart; to dishearten. |
unheedy |
adjective |
Incautious; precipitate; heedless. |
unhinge |
verb t. |
To take from the hinges; as, to unhinge a door., To displace; to unfix by violence., To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one’s mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves. |
unhitch |
verb t. |
To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace. |
unhoard |
verb t. |
To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer. |
unhoped |
adjective |
Not hoped or expected. |
unhorse |
verb t. |
To throw from a horse; to cause to dismount; also, to take a horse or horses from; as, to unhorse a rider; to unhorse a carriage. |
unhosed |
adjective |
Without hose. |
unhouse |
verb t. |
To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter. |
unhuman |
adjective |
Not human; inhuman. |
uniaxal |
adjective |
Uniaxial. |
unicity |
noun |
The condition of being united; quality of the unique; unification. |
unicorn |
noun |
A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; — often represented in heraldry as a supporter., A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures., Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax., The larva of a unicorn moth., The kamichi; — called also unicorn bird., A howitzer. |
unideal |
adjective |
Not ideal; real; unimaginative., Unideaed. |
unifier |
noun |
One who, or that which, unifies; as, a natural law is a unifier of phenomena. |
uniform |
adjective |
Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay., Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant., A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc., To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers., To make conformable. |
unified |
imp. & past participle |
of Unify |
unipara |
noun |
A woman who has borne one child. |
unitary |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic., Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united. |
uniting |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Unite |
unition |
verb t. |
The act of uniting, or the state of being united; junction. |
unitive |
adjective |
Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. |
unitize |
verb t. |
To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify. |
unitude |
noun |
Unity. |
unities |
plural |
of Unity |
unjoint |
verb t. |
To disjoint. |
unkempt |
adjective |
Not combed; disheveled; as, an urchin with unkempt hair., Fig.; Not smoothed; unpolished; rough. |
unknown |
adjective |
Not known; not apprehended. |
unlatch |
verb i. |
To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door. |
unlaugh |
verb t. |
To recall, as former laughter. |
unlawed |
adjective |
Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; — said of dogs. |
unlearn |
verb t. |
To forget, as what has been learned; to lose from memory; also, to learn the contrary of., To fail to learn. |
unleash |
verb t. |
To free from a leash, or as from a leash; to let go; to release; as, to unleash dogs. |
unliken |
verb t. |
To make unlike; to dissimilate. |
unlived |
adjective |
Bereft or deprived of life. |
unlodge |
verb t. |
To dislodge; to deprive of lodgment. |
unloose |
verb t. |
To make loose; to loosen; to set free., To become unfastened; to lose all connection or union. |
unlucky |
adjective |
Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game., Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious., Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag. |
unmarry |
verb t. |
To annul the marriage of; to divorce. |
unmeant |
adjective |
Not meant or intended; unintentional. |
unmiter |
verb t. |
Alt. of Unmitre |
unmitre |
verb t. |
To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop. |
unmould |
verb t. |
To change the form of; to reduce from any form. |
unmoral |
adjective |
Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; — distinguished from both moral and immoral. |
unmoved |
adjective |
Not moved; fixed; firm; unshaken; calm; apathetic. |
unnerve |
verb t. |
To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm. |
unnethe |
adverb |
Alt. of Unnethes |
unnoble |
adjective |
Ignoble. |
unnobly |
adverb |
Ignobly. |
unoften |
adverb |
Not often. |
unorder |
verb t. |
To countermand an order for. |
unowned |
adjective |
Not owned; having no owner., Not acknowledged; not avowed. |
unpaint |
verb t. |
To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting. |
unpaved |
adjective |
Not paved; not furnished with a pavement., Castrated. |
unpeace |
noun |
Absence or lack of peace. |
unplaid |
verb t. |
To deprive of a plaid. |
unpleat |
verb t. |
To remove the plaits of; to smooth. |
unplumb |
verb t. |
To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin. |
unplume |
verb t. |
To strip of plumes or feathers; hence, to humiliate. |
unpower |
noun |
Want of power; weakness. |
unqueen |
verb t. |
To divest of the rank or authority of queen. |
unquick |
adjective |
Not quick. |
unquiet |
verb t. |
To disquiet., Not quiet; restless; uneasy; agitated; disturbed. |
unravel |
verb t. |
To disentangle; to disengage or separate the threads of; as, to unravel a stocking., Hence, to clear from complication or difficulty; to unfold; to solve; as, to unravel a plot., To separate the connected or united parts of; to throw into disorder; to confuse., To become unraveled, in any sense. |
unready |
adjective |
Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy., Not dressed; undressed., To undress. |
unreave |
verb t. |
To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. |
unreeve |
verb t. |
To withdraw, or take out, as a rope from a block, thimble, or the like. |
unresty |
adjective |
Causing unrest; disquieting; as, unresty sorrows. |
unright |
adjective |
Not right; wrong., A wrong., To cause (something right) to become wrong. |
unrivet |
verb t. |
To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates. |
unroost |
verb t. |
To drive from the roost. |
unruled |
adjective |
Not governed or controlled., Not ruled or marked with lines; as, unruled paper. |
unsaint |
verb t. |
To deprive of saintship; to deny sanctity to. |
unscale |
verb t. |
To divest of scales; to remove scales from. |
unscrew |
verb t. |
To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it. |
unseven |
verb t. |
To render other than seven; to make to be no longer seven. |
unsexed |
imp. & past participle |
of Unsex |
unshale |
verb t. |
To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. |
unshape |
verb t. |
To deprive of shape, or of proper shape; to disorder; to confound; to derange. |
unshell |
verb t. |
To strip the shell from; to take out of the shell; to hatch. |
unshent |
adjective |
Not shent; not disgraced; blameless. |
unshout |
verb t. |
To recall what is done by shouting. |
unsight |
adjective |
Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining. |
unsilly |
adjective |
See Unsely. |
unsinew |
verb t. |
To deprive of sinews or of strength. |
unskill |
noun |
Want of skill; ignorance; unskillfulness. |
unsling |
verb t. |
To take off the slings of, as a yard, a cask, or the like; to release from the slings. |
unsonsy |
adjective |
Not soncy (sonsy); not fortunate. |
unsound |
adjective |
Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased. |
unspeak |
verb t. |
To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay. |
unspell |
verb t. |
To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant. |
unspike |
verb t. |
To remove a spike from, as from the vent of a cannon. |
unspilt |
adjective |
Not spilt or wasted; not shed. |
unstack |
verb t. |
To remove, or take away, from a stack; to remove, as something constituting a stack. |
unstate |
verb t. |
To deprive of state or dignity. |
unsteel |
verb t. |
To disarm; to soften. |
unstick |
verb t. |
To release, as one thing stuck to another. |
unstill |
adjective |
Not still; restless. |
unsting |
verb t. |
To disarm of a sting; to remove the sting of. |
unstock |
verb t. |
To deprive of a stock; to remove the stock from; to loose from that which fixes, or holds fast., To remove from the stocks, as a ship. |
unsured |
adjective |
Not made sure. |
unswear |
verb t. |
To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure., To recall an oath. |
unsweat |
verb t. |
To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil. |
unswell |
verb t. |
To sink from a swollen state; to subside. |
untaste |
verb t. |
To deprive of a taste for a thing. |
unteach |
verb t. |
To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught., To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned. |
unthank |
noun |
No thanks; ill will; misfortune. |
unthink |
verb t. |
To recall or take back, as something thought. |
untrift |
noun |
Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality., An unthrifty. |
untooth |
verb t. |
To take out the teeth of. |
untread |
verb t. |
To tread back; to retrace. |
untruss |
verb t. |
To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress., Alt. of Untrusser |
untrust |
noun |
Distrust. |
untruth |
noun |
The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty., That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. |
untwain |
verb t. |
To rend in twain; to tear in two. |
untwine |
verb t. |
To untwist; to separate, as that which is twined or twisted; to disentangle; to untie., To become untwined. |
untwirl |
verb t. |
To untwist; to undo. |
untwist |
verb t. |
To separate and open, as twisted threads; to turn back, as that which is twisted; to untwine., To untie; to open; to disentangle. |
unusage |
noun |
Want or lack of usage. |
unusual |
adjective |
Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition. |
unvicar |
verb t. |
To deprive of the position or office a vicar. |
unwares |
adverb |
Unawares; unexpectedly; — sometimes preceded by at. |
unwayed |
adjective |
Not used to travel; as, colts that are unwayed., Having no ways or roads; pathless. |
unweary |
verb t. |
To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. |
unweave |
verb t. |
To unfold; to undo; to ravel, as what has been woven. |
unweldy |
adjective |
Unwieldy; unmanageable; clumsy. |
unwhole |
adjective |
Not whole; unsound. |
unwitch |
verb t. |
To free from a witch or witches; to fee from witchcraft. |
unwoman |
verb t. |
To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex. |
unworth |
adjective |
Unworthy., Unworthiness. |
unwrite |
verb t. |
To cancel, as what is written; to erase. |
unyoked |
adjective |
Not yet yoked; not having worn the yoke., Freed or loosed from a yoke., Licentious; unrestrained. |
unzoned |
adjective |
Not zoned; not bound with a girdle; as, an unzoned bosom. |