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Definitions for Undoing

[1] the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
[2] a bringing to destruction, ruin, or disaster.
[3] a cause of destruction or ruin.
[4] the act of unfastening or loosing.
[5] 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.
[6] to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
[7] to do away with; erase; efface: to undo the havoc done by the storm.
[8] to bring to ruin or disaster; destroy: In the end his lies undid him.
[9] to unfasten by releasing: to undo a gate; to undo a button.
[10] to untie or loose (a knot, rope, etc.).
[11] to open (a package, wrapping, etc.).
[12] Archaic . to explain; interpret.
[13] ruin; downfall
[14] the cause of downfall drink was his undoing
[15] (also intr) to untie, unwrap, or open or become untied, unwrapped, etc
[16] to reverse the effects of
[17] to cause the downfall of
[18] obsolete to explain or solve

Words related to Undoing

miscalculation, downfall, ruination, omission, disgrace, humiliation, misadventure, mishap, shame, slip, affliction, stumble, casualty, blow, curse, catastrophe, destroyer, wreck, ruin, trip

Words nearby Undoing

undivided, undivided profits, undo, undock, undocumented, undoing, undone, undouble, undoubted, undoubtedly, undrape

Origin of Undoing

before 900; Middle English; Old English undōn; cognate with Dutch ontdoen. See un-2, do1

Words that may be confused with Undoing

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, undoundo, undue

Other words from Undoing

self-un·do·ing , adjective
un·do·a·ble , adjective

Synonyms for Undoing

downfall, miscalculation, accident, adversity, affliction, bane, blight, blow, blunder, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, collapse, curse, defeat, destroyer, difficulty, disgrace, doom, error, failure, fault, flaw, fumble, grief, humiliation, misadventure, mischance, mishap, misstep, omission, overthrow, overturn, reversal, reverse, ruin, ruination, shame, slip, smash, stumble, subversion, trial, trip, trouble, visitation, weakness, wreck, bad luck, bad omen, faux pas, last straw