Synonyms for undoing
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Noun
1. Destruction — ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin
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Definitions
- n. 1
Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin.
In the end, his jealousy was his undoing.
Forms
- Plural
- undoings → destructions, ruins, banes, overthrows…
Example sentences
- destruction They found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
- mischief I like the child all the better for his mischief.
- bane Auto-correct is the bane of my existence.
- untying He kicked his shoes off without untying them first.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| undoing | rising | |
| destruction | steady | |
| mischief | rising | |
| bane | rising | |
| untying | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruin2, bane1
- 5 letters
- wreck1
- 6 letters
- ravage2
- 7 letters
- untying
- 8 letters
- mischief2
- 9 letters
- overthrow3, annulment3
- 11 letters
- destruction3
- 12 letters
- invalidation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).