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unhearting

unhearting is the present participle and gerund of unheart.

Meaning of unheart

Verb

unheart (third-person singular simple present unhearts, present participle unhearting, simple past and past participle unhearted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to lose heart; to dishearten.
    • I think he'll hear me. Yet to bite his lip / And hum at good Cominius much unhearts me.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, act 5, scene 1

Questions about unhearting

What is unhearting the present participle and gerund of?
Unhearting is the present participle and gerund of unheart.

Words near unhearting in the dictionary

  1. unhearted
  2. unheartened
  3. unheartening
  4. unheartfelt
  5. unheartily
  6. unhearting
  7. unhearts
  8. unheartsome
  9. unhearty
  10. unheatable
  11. unheated

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