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单词 undoing
释义

undoing

noun

un·​do·​ing ˌən-ˈdü-iŋ How to pronounce undoing (audio)
1
: an act of loosening : unfastening
2
: ruin
also : a cause of ruin
greed was to prove his undoing
3
: annulment, reversal

Synonyms

  • death
  • destruction
  • downfall
  • ruin
  • ruination
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Example Sentences

My quick temper was my undoing. His quick temper helped lead to his undoing. The incident resulted in her undoing.
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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

undoing

noun

un·​do·​ing ˌən-ˈdü-iŋ How to pronounce undoing (audio)
: a cause of ruin or failure
My quick temper was my undoing.

undoing 1 of 2

noun

as in downfall
something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life an intractable drug habit proved to be her sad undoing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • downfall
  • destruction
  • ruination
  • curse
  • death
  • ruin
  • kiss of death
  • bane
  • torment
  • tragic flaw
  • Achilles' heel

undoing

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verb

present participle of undo
1
as in paralyzing
to deprive of courage or confidence the sudden shriek undid the campers

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • paralyzing
  • frightening
  • scaring
  • terrifying
  • intimidating
  • emasculating
  • weakening
  • unsettling
  • demoralizing
  • unmanning
  • unnerving
  • wasting
  • debilitating
  • enfeebling
  • softening
  • sapping
  • neutering
  • unstringing
  • discouraging
  • enervating
  • unbalancing
  • upsetting
  • terrorizing
  • disturbing
  • tiring
  • daunting
  • unhinging
  • maddening
  • disheartening
  • deranging
  • dispiriting
  • perturbing
  • dismaying
  • disquieting
  • prostrating
  • crazing
  • fazing
  • discomposing
  • psyching (out)
  • weirding out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • strengthening
  • fortifying
  • nerving
  • encouraging
  • emboldening
  • heartening
2
as in unfastening
to disengage the knotted parts of undo a tangled shoelace

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • unfastening
  • unraveling
  • untying
  • loosening
  • unbinding
  • untieing
  • unlashing
  • unwinding
  • unlacing
  • disentangling
  • raveling
  • unbraiding
  • untangling
  • loosing
  • unsnarling
  • ravelling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tying
  • binding
  • fastening
  • lashing
  • winding
  • knotting
  • tieing
  • braiding
  • entangling
  • interlacing
  • snarling
  • lacing
  • tangling
  • interweaving
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3
as in bothering
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy the mere mention of the home invasion still had the power to undo her

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • bothering
  • distracting
  • alarming
  • concerning
  • disturbing
  • worrying
  • unsettling
  • angering
  • agitating
  • unhinging
  • upsetting
  • derailing
  • distressing
  • plaguing
  • haunting
  • annoying
  • irritating
  • exercising
  • perturbing
  • embarrassing
  • dismaying
  • discomforting
  • disquieting
  • fussing
  • confusing
  • ailing
  • distempering
  • rattling
  • aggravating
  • exasperating
  • discomposing
  • discouraging
  • nettling
  • frazzling
  • getting
  • vexing
  • irking
  • alaruming
  • chafing
  • harassing
  • bugging
  • harrying
  • hagriding
  • galling
  • fretting
  • weirding out
  • chivying
  • riling
  • confounding
  • flurrying
  • flustering
  • mortifying
  • disconcerting
  • bedeviling
  • demoralizing
  • discountenancing
  • chivvying
  • pestering
  • grating
  • freaking (out)
  • jarring
  • peeving
  • putting off
  • piquing
  • putting out
  • discomfiting
  • abashing
  • daunting
  • unnerving
  • nonplussing
  • shaking up
  • dispiriting
  • disheartening
  • fazing
  • nonplusing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • settling
  • alleviating
  • composing
  • quieting
  • soothing
  • calming
  • tranquilizing
  • assuaging
  • allaying
  • tranquillizing
  • placating
  • appeasing
  • propitiating
  • mollifying
  • conciliating
  • pacifying
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