Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsmooth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-smooth
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not smooth; rough.

verb

To make no longer smooth; to roughen or furrow.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"G. Fletcher How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style?"
"In contrast, treatment with the uncleavable Alexa-labelled Ub-3A-G75A/G76A–CPP Tat resulted in an unsmooth and heterogeneous pattern of fluorescence in the cells, with intense staining of cytoplasmic components and nucleoli."
"Her face gathers, furrows, glooms; arching eyebrows wrinkle into horizontals, and a tinge of bitterness unsmooths the cheek and robs the lip of sweetened grace. She is evidently perturbed."

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- Old English smōþ Middle English smothe Proto-West Germanic *smanþī Old English smēþe Middle English smethe English smooth English unsmooth From un- + smooth.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unsmooths (present, singular) unsmoothing (participle, present) unsmoothed (participle, past) unsmoothed (past)

Derived Forms

unsmoothly unsmoothness

Synonyms

rough

Antonyms

smooth

Questions

What does unsmooth mean?: Not smooth; rough.
Where does unsmooth come from?: Etymology tree English un- Old English smōþ Middle English smothe Proto-West Germanic *smanþī Old English smēþe Middle English smethe English smooth English unsmooth From un- + smooth.

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