Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsteel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-steel
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To disarm; to soften.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Thou hast his conqu’ring Sword unsteel’d, His Valour turn’d to shameful Flight."
"Why then should this enervating pity unsteel my foolish heart?"
"The more we drown the disabled in tea and lip gratitude the more we unsteel his soul, and the harder we make it for him to win through, when, in the years to come, the wells of our tea and gratitude have dried up."

Etymology

From un- + steel.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

unsteels (present, singular) unsteeling (participle, present) unsteeled (participle, past) unsteeled (past)

Questions

What does unsteel mean?: To disarm; to soften.
Where does unsteel come from?: From un- + steel.

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