Synonyms of 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

• 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

• 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

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

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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
• 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

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

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