Unsay
[ʌn'seɪ]
Definition
(v. t.) To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.
Checker: Sondra
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Retract, recall, recant, take back.
Checked by Brett
Definition
v.t. to recall what has been said: to retract.—adj. Unsaid′.
Inputed by Lawrence
Examples
- Unsay those words without even saying you are sorry for them, and my arms are open to you still, and so is my heart. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But nothing could unsay the fact that he had returned, and was there in presence of the Judge and Jury. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But now, let me unsay what I said in anger. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Say what I would, I could not unsay it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I'll not unsay them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Consider them unsaid: permit my retractation; accord my pardon. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I left nothing unsaid that I COULD say--short of actually telling you that I knew you had committed the theft. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His mother parted her lips to begin some other vehement truth, but on looking at him she saw that in his face which led her to leave the words unsaid. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Emma, I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But I will drop the subject, lest I say something about the old masters that might as well be left unsaid. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You leave me under the weight of an accusation which, after all, is unsaid. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Dorothea's faith supplied all that Mr. Casaubon's words seemed to leave unsaid: what believer sees a disturbing omission or infelicity? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Rebekah