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unwished

unwished is the simple past and past participle of unwish.

Meaning of unwish

Verb

unwish (third-person singular simple present unwishes, present participle unwishing, simple past and past participle unwished)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing.
    • Now thou hast unwished five thousand men.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (transitive) To undo a wish

Adjective

unwished (not comparable)

  1. unwished-for

Questions about unwished

What does unwished mean?
Unwished means unwished-for.
What is unwished the simple past and past participle of?
Unwished is the simple past and past participle of unwish.
What part of speech is unwished?
Unwished is an adjective.

Words near unwished in the dictionary

  1. unwiseness
  2. unwiser
  3. unwisest
  4. unwish
  5. unwishable
  6. unwished
  7. unwished-for
  8. unwishes
  9. unwishful
  10. unwishfully
  11. unwishfulness

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