Synonyms of undoing

undoing 1 of 2

noun

ˌən-ˈdü-iŋ 

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

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

undoing

2 of 2

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
• demoralizing
• weakening
• unnerving
• wasting
• unsettling
• unmanning
• debilitating
• softening
• enfeebling
• sapping
• unstringing
• discouraging
• neutering
• enervating
• disturbing
• upsetting
• tiring
• terrorizing
• daunting
• unbalancing
• disheartening
• unhinging
• maddening
• deranging
• dispiriting
• perturbing
• dismaying
• disquieting
• psyching (out)
• prostrating
• crazing
• fazing
• discomposing
• 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
• untying
• loosening
• unraveling
• untieing
• unbinding
• unlashing
• unwinding
• unlacing
• ravelling
• disentangling
• raveling
• untangling
• unbraiding
• loosing
• unsnarling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tying
• binding
• fastening
• lashing
• winding
• knotting
• tieing
• braiding
• interlacing
• lacing
• entangling
• snarling
• interweaving
• tangling

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of undoing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

What makes the games good, after all, is the threat of losing and undoing. —Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024

Donald Trump, remember, is the architect of the undoing of Roe. —CBS News, 1 Sep. 2024

For an unreleased film, The Day the Clown Cried has a mythology rare in the annals of film, to the point a documentary on the film and its undoing called From Darkness To Light will premiere at the upcoming Venice Film Festival. —Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024

If not for James’s physical drives to the hoop, the Americans’ struggles to properly space the court and to keep the ball moving without committing turnovers would have been their undoing. —Ben Golliver, Washington Post, 22 July 2024