Antonyms for unseen


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-seen
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsin


Definition of unseen

Origin :
  • early 13c., from un- (1) "not" + seen. Cf. Old English ungesewen, Middle Dutch ongesien, Dutch ongezien, Old High German ungesëhan, German ungesehen, Old Norse usenn.
  • adj hidden
Example sentences :
  • The faith that others give to what is unseen, I give to what one can touch, and look at.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Though it faced directly toward them, the men knew that they were as yet unseen.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • There was a stir on the island, while we were in the water, but we all got ashore, safe and unseen.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Then the day slipped over an unseen height, and fell into a sheltered calm.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • But the warning voice from that unseen bridge disconcerted her.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • Contrive to be in the garden, in disguise, if possible, and unseen by your young lady.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • There was an inexplicable, unseen attraction calling me to you.
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • Unseen and occultly, the gods still gripped with their power and would not let her go.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • His approach to the house Number 574 had to be swift, direct, unseen, unheard.
  • Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore
  • A tree close to his suddenly fluttered with the unseen life it harbored.
  • Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore

Synonyms for unseen

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