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unkennelled

unkennelled is the alternative spelling of unkenneled.

unkennelled is the simple past and past participle of unkennel.

Meaning of unkenneled

Adjective

unkenneled (not comparable)

  1. Not kenneled.

Meaning of unkennel

Verb

unkennel (third-person singular simple present unkennels, present participle (US) unkenneling or (UK) unkennelling, simple past and past participle (US) unkenneled or (UK) unkennelled)

  1. (transitive) To scare out from a lair or a den.
  2. (transitive) To let (dogs) out of a kennel.
  3. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To reveal, uncover or unfold.
    • Hamlet:
      […]There is a play to-night before the king;
      One scene of it comes near the circumstance
      Which I have told thee of my father's death:
      I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
      Even with the very comment of thy soul
      Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
      Do not itself unkennel in one...c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Origin of unkennelled

From un- + kennelled.

Questions about unkennelled

What is unkennelled the alternative spelling of?
Unkennelled is the alternative spelling of unkenneled.

Words near unkennelled in the dictionary

  1. unkend
  2. unkenned
  3. unkennel
  4. unkenneled
  5. unkenneling
  6. unkennelled
  7. unkennelling
  8. unkennels
  9. unkenning
  10. unkenreflex
  11. unkens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unkennelled (page history and authors); unkenneled (page history and authors); unkennel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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