Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfascinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-fas-ci-nate
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To free from a state of fascination.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"To break this sensual charm, to unfascinate these bedazzled brethren, the writer to the Hebrews institutes a comparison between the two religions, and demonstrates the superior spiritual grandeur, the greater intrinsic worth and dignity of the religion of Christ."
"[…] such a general knowledge of pathology […] as will unfascinate him in regard to the magic virtues of mysterious remedies […]"

Etymology

From un- + fascinate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unfascinates (present, singular) unfascinating (participle, present) unfascinated (participle, past) unfascinated (past)

Questions

What does unfascinate mean?: To free from a state of fascination.
Where does unfascinate come from?: From un- + fascinate.

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