释义
[ uhn-doo -ing ] SHOW IPA
/ ʌnˈdu ɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
a bringing to destruction, ruin, or disaster.
a cause of destruction or ruin.
the act of unfastening or loosing.
Psychiatry . an unconscious defense mechanism through which an attempt is made to reverse a psychologically unacceptable act by doing its opposite, usually repetitiously, in order to relieve anxiety.
Origin of undoing Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at undo, -ing1
SYNONYMS FOR undoing 1 reversal, negation, thwarting.
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OTHER WORDS FROM undoing self-un·do·ing, adjective Words nearby undoing undivided, undivided profits, undo, undock, undocumented, undoing , undone, undouble, undoubted, undoubtedly, undrape
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Example sentences from the Web for undoing Dear God… help us to help ourselves before we become our own undoing .
‘Why Have I Lost Control?’: Cory Booker in ’92 on Rodney King Echoes Ferguson | Cory Booker| November 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
It was the most violent day in the history of Ukraine since Soviet times and it proved to be the undoing of the Yanukovych regime.
Photographs Expose Russian-Trained Killers in Kiev | Jamie Dettmer| March 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He announced the undoing of what should have never been done.
In New Documents, the Bridgegate Cover Story Unravels | Michael Daly| January 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Boosting spending and undoing a chunk of the sequester is likely to have a bigger impact on the still-ailing job market.
With the Ryan-Murray Deal, Washington Stops Hurting the Economy | Daniel Gross| December 11, 2013| DAILY BEAST
And Friedman presents herself as undoing any destruction she's caused.
Dara Friedman Reverses a Scene of Destruction | Blake Gopnik| November 15, 2013| DAILY BEAST
It was the undoing of all that had been accomplished by the three kings that had proceeded.
The Bible Period by Period | Josiah Blake Tidwell
Half the undoing of the unsophisticated and natural mind is accomplished by forces wholly superhuman.
Sister Carrie | Theodore Dreiser
This movement proved to be the undoing of Hooker's73 army, as Jackson was making for his right flank.
Battles of the Civil War | Thomas Elbert Vineyard
It had been her undoing ; she had used it in play, to this miserable end.
The Grey Cloak | Harold MacGrath
Undoing the slip-knot of his painter, he shoves the canoe clear of its entanglement among the roots of the tree.
The Death Shot | Mayne Reid
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British Dictionary definitions for undoing noun ruin; downfall
the cause of downfall drink was his undoing
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Words related to undoing miscalculation, downfall, ruination, omission, disgrace, humiliation, misadventure, mishap, shame, slip, affliction, stumble, casualty, blow, curse, catastrophe, destroyer, wreck, ruin, trip