Synonyms for undoing
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uhn-doo-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈdu ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for undoing Other synonyms for the word undoing
- bad luck
- bad omen
- casualty
- catastrophe
- collapse
- curse
- defeat
- destroyer
- difficulty
- disgrace
- doom
- error
- failure
- fault
- faux pas
- flaw
- fumble
- grief
- humiliation
- last straw
- misadventure
- mischance
- mishap
- misstep
- omission
- overthrow
- overturn
- reversal
- reverse
- ruin
- ruination
- shame
- slip
- smash
- stumble
- subversion
- trial
- trip
- trouble
- visitation
- weakness
- wreck
Définition of undoing
Origin :- Old English undon "to unfasten and open" (a window or door), "to unfasten by releasing from a fixed position," from un- (2) + do (v.). The notion is of "to annul something that was done." Related: Undone; undoing.
- noun destruction, misfortune
- He could not have chosen a more opportune time to confirm his own undoing.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- Wherefore this caution against me, but (pardon me) for thine own undoing?
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It is not the doing of a year; it is the undoing of the years.
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
- Having enmeshed him, she confidently left him to complete his own undoing.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Murphy cast one despairing glance about him and slouched to his undoing.
- Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
- The pages of history record its undoing and its accessory to crime.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- She said her kind disposition would be the undoing of her and she knew it.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The table seemed likely to be his undoing instead of helping him.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- He feared that men might be swayed by your eloquence to the undoing of such things as himself.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- He little thought how that fruit of his vanity was to prove his undoing thereafter.
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
Antonyms for undoing
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