Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unshackle

/ənʃˈækəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: un-shack-le
IPA: /ənʃˈækəl/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove shackles from someone or something.

verb

To remove restrictions or inhibitions; to allow full freedom and power.

Example Sentences

"The captain ordered that the guards unshackle and release the prisoner, as he had served his sentence."
"The sooner the railway can unshackle itself from DfT the better."
"1818, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, On Poesy or Art Painting was, as it were, a new art, and being unshackled by old models it chose its own subjects, and took an eagle’s flight."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English shackle English unshackle From un- + shackle.

Inflected Forms

unshackles (present, singular) unshackling (participle, present) unshackled (participle, past) unshackled (past)

Synonyms

unchain

Rhymes With

tackle jackal crackle shackle cackle hackle spackle grackle hackl hackel mackall rachal

Questions

How do you pronounce unshackle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənʃˈækəl/.
What does unshackle mean?: To remove shackles from someone or something.
Where does unshackle come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English shackle English unshackle From un- + shackle.

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