undid

verb

past tense of undo
1
as in paralyzed
to deprive of courage or confidence the sudden shriek undid the campers

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2
as in untied
to disengage the knotted parts of undo a tangled shoelace

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3
as in bothered
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy the mere mention of the home invasion still had the power to undo her

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Recent Examples of undid Hatagan’s testimony at his sentencing undid the fraudulent invoices claim presented by prosecutors and that statute of limitations began when the alleged crime occurred, the motion stated. — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Her grandmother sat on the single bed as Rebecca undid the back of her dress. — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026 But when renovating an 18th-century apartment on a side street in the Marais, architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard boldly undid a number of alterations to the home over the years. — Felix Wagner, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026 This movie completely undid my sense of what that type of filmmaking could be. — Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Shamar Joseph then used the favorable overcast bowling conditions to perfection when his impeccable swing undid Kamindu Mendis, who left a delivery that swung back enough to knock back the off stump. — ABC News, 28 June 2026 Instead, Sapphire undid her shorts. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 Ryan Oksenhorn, co-founder of drone delivery startup Zipline, wrote in a post on X last month that his company was evaluating GitLab and Atlassian's Bitbucket after GitHub accidentally undid code revisions, and subsequently provided instructions on recovering changes. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 May 2026 Specifically, the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act undid parts of the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act that had offered tax incentives for wind and solar. — David Condos, NPR, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undid
  1. paralyzed
  2. untied
  3. bothered
  4. scared
  5. loosened
  6. alarmed
  7. terrified
  8. unfastened
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  • According to a civil wrongful death lawsuit filed by Lindsay's ex-husband Patrick Clancy, the 36-year-old is paralyzed below the sternum.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Collette’s sister said doctors told the family that Josh Collette was paralyzed from the neck down.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of paralyzed
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  • This and that Why yes, Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis does in fact play with his shoelaces untied.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Most versions of the story focus on the shock ending, the moment the ribbon comes untied and Jenny’s head plops to the floor.
    — Jennifer Givhan, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of untied
Verb
  • Somewhere right now, a nurse is scoring a newborn out of ten because Virginia saw over breakfast something nobody else had bothered to address.
    — Stacy L. Hambleton, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • What bothered me most was that the effects always lasted longer than the fun did.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of bothered
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  • This would have been less than a mile from the nesting pine and might have scared the eagles away.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Durkin went 21-for-22 from less than 50 yards out, for those scared by Trey Smack’s 30-yard misses.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of scared
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  • Stein attributed the drop to a lengthening backlog for accounts receivable as Nvidia has loosened payment terms for its many backstopping deals.
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Sure, his back may have loosened more with each completion Daniels made last Friday.
    — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of loosened
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  • California Forever has increasingly pitched the Solano Shipyard as part of a broader effort to rebuild the US maritime industry, a priority among both Democrats and Republicans alarmed over its decline.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The world’s most powerful economies are increasingly alarmed by their declining birthrates, and there’s no shortage of theories on why.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of alarmed
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  • Jaylen Edgar, the teenager tried for the 2024 Halloween mass shooting in downtown Orlando that killed two, injured several others and terrified thousands, was found guilty of all charges Monday.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Jurors in 2025 failed to reach verdicts in the case that terrified Davis in late April and early May 2023.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of terrified
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  • After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of unfastened

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“Undid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undid. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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