• UNE
adj. even …1790 Eng. dial.
n. an oppressive, stuffy, close atmosphere; a hot fetid smell …1899 Sc.
• UNEARTHLY
adj. unpleasantly early …1865 sl.
• UNEASE
n. an uneasy state; uneasiness …1853 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNEASY
adj. 1. difficult …1900 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. hilly, irregular, not level …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNEATHILY
adj. hard to move, corpulent, unwieldy …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• UNEAVE
vb. to show condensation; to thaw …1810 Eng. dial.
• UNEDICAT
adj. uneducated …1871 Sc.
• UNEERIE
adj. unaffected by fear, not apprehensive …1864 Sc.
• UNEIRDLIE
adj. unearthly …1868 Sc.
• UNEITH
adj. not easy …1725 Sc. obs.
adv. not easily, with difficulty …1721 Sc. obs.
• UNELSE
conj. 1. unless …1905 Amer. dial.
conj. 2. otherwise…2007 Amer. dial.
• UNEMPLOYED
n. the penis …1971 Aust. sl.
• UNEMPT
vb. to empty; to unload …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNENDLICHE
adv. infinitely …a1225 obs.
• UNENT
vb. to empty …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNEQUAL
adj. unfair, unjust …1721 Sc. obs.
• UNERAN
adv. all over, everywhere …1866 Sc.
• UNETTLED
adj. not intended for …1913 Sc.
• UNEVEN
adj. upset, out of sorts, slightly unwell …1886 Sc.
• UN-EVER
adv. never, at no time …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• UNEXCEPTION
n. something excellent …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNEXPERIENT
adj. inexperienced …1597 obs. rare
• UNFAA
n. a severe cold; a shivering fit; complete prostration from cold …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFACE
vb. to expose …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFACEABLE
adj. 1. ugly, not fit to be seen …1899 Sc.
adj. 2. undefensible, unreasonable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFAIN
adj. 1338 arch. exc. Eng. dial. – not glad or delighted; displeased, sorry, sorrowful; reluctant; having a feeling of dislike; unfond
• UNFAIR SHAKE
n. bad luck …1950s
• UNFAISABLE
adj. 1. lacking manners or social graces, boorish, ungallant …1818 Sc.
adj. 2. of persons: not neat or presentable …1899 Sc.
adj. 3. of things: shabby, untidy …c1930 Sc.
• UNFAKEN
adj. guileless, innocent …c1200 obs.
• UNFANDRUM
adj. bulky, unmanageable …1808 Sc. obs.
• UNFANKLE
vb. to disentangle, to unwind …1824 Sc. obs.
• UNFARRANT
adj. 1. unrefined, unsophisticated, rude, oafish, unmannerly …1818 Sc.
adj. 2. ill-informed, senseless, without quickness of apprehension …1838 Sc.
• UNFARRANTLY
adj. not nice, unseemly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFASHION
n. unfashionableness …1822 Sc. obs.
• UNFASHT
adj. not inconvenienced, unvexed, untroubled …1835 Sc.
• UNFEARY
adj. 1. feeble, weak, infirm, uncertain in one’s gait …a1779 obs. exc. Sc. & literary usage
adj. 2. unwieldy …Bk1905 Sc.
• UNFEED
vb. to defecate …20C Amer. dial.
• UNFEEL
adj. unpleasant, disagreeable, dirty, filthy; rough, coarse, not smooth; uncomfortable …1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNFEELSOME
adj. disagreeable, unpleasant …Bk1905 N. Ireland
• UNFETTLE
vb. to disarrange, to disturb, to undo, to unsettle …1889 Eng. dial.
• UNFEW
adj. many …c1200 obs.
• UNFEWSOME
adj. awkward, unbecoming, unsuitable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFIERDY
adj. overgrown, unwieldy, not in proper trim; infirm, feeble …1825 Sc.
• UNFINANCIAL
adj. insolvent, out of money, without money …1919 Amer. dial.
• UNFINISHED BUSINESS
n. a wounded rival, or a prospective gang victim, not yet killed …1931 US criminals sl.
• UNFISKALEE
adj. not fisherman-like; not like an experienced fisherman; not suited to fishing …a1838 Sc.
• UNFITTEN
adj. unfit, unqualified, unsuitable …1889 Amer. dial.
• UNFLEDGED
adj. naked …1910s sl.
• UNFLEGGIT
adj. unalarmed, not frightened …1773 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNFLUSHABLE
n. an outdoor privy compared to a water-flush toilet bowl …E20 US sl.
• UNFORBIDDEN
adj. unruly, unrestrained, disobedient, spoiled, troublesome …1900 Sc.
• UNFORDERSOME
adj. 1. slow, tardy, causing delay or hindrance; of a horse: unmanageable …1819 Sc. obs.
adj. 2. of weather: not propitious for the growth of crops, etc.; unseasonable, unfavourable …1825 Sc. obs.
• UNFORGETTABLE
n. a combination of cocaine, heroin, and valium …1993 US sl.
• UNFORGOLDEN
adj. unrequited …c1175 obs.
• UNFORGULT
adj. not affected with guilt …a1225 obs.
• UNFORMAL
adj. irregular; not according to form …1799 Sc. obs.
• UNFORSAIN’D
adj. undeserved …1768 Sc. obs.
• UNFORSAIRED
adj. undeserved …1768 Sc.
• UNFORTUNABLE
adj. 1567 – unfortunate → obs.
• UNFORTUNATE
n. 1. a prostitute; a ‘fallen woman’ …L18 euphemism
n. 2. an idiot …1881 Ireland
• UNFORTUNATES
n. prostitutes in general …E19 sl.
• UNFORTUNATE WOMAN
n. a prostitute …E19 sl.
• UNFRACK
adj. not active, not alert …1825 Sc.
• UNFRAGGED
adj. not listed on the daily frag order specifying the military objectives of the day …1986 Vietnam war usage
• UNFRAME
n. disadvantage, loss …c1250 obs.
• UNFREELIE; UNFREELY
adj. 1. frail, feeble …1808 Sc.
adj. 2. heavy, weighty, unwieldy …1808 Sc.
adv. very, rather, somewhat …1866 Sc.
• UNFREEZE
vb. to thaw …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNFREMD
adj. unkind, unneighbourly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFREMDISH
adj. unkind, unneighbourly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNFREME
n. disadvantage, loss …a1200 obs.
• UNFRIEND
n. an enemy; an opponent …1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNFRIENDSHIP
n. enmity; ill-will …1897 Sc.
• UNFRIENDSOME
adj. unfriendly …1899 Eng. dial.
• UNFRITH
n. dissension, strife …c1205 obs.
• UNFUCKABLE
adj. too ugly to be considered as a sexual partner …1979 Aust. sl.
• UNFUCKED
adj. having order bought out of chaos …1997 US sl.
• UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE
adj. unbelievable …1960s
• UN-FUCKING-CONSCIOUS
adj. totally unconscious …20C US sl.
• UNFUCKING REAL
adj. unbelievable …1960s
• UN-FUCKING-SOCIABLE
adj. extremely unsociable ….20C US sl.
• UNFULLMAKING
n. imperfection …a1300 obs.
• UNFURTHERSOME
adj. 1. difficult …1838 Eng. dial. obs.
adj. 2. unfortunate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of a horse: unmanageable …Bk1905 N. Ireland
adj. 4. of weather: unfavourable to vegetation …Bk1905 Sc.
• UNGADRENGEN
n. a young man; the young men of a community …Bk1905 Sc.
• UNGAIN
adj. 1. awkward, inconvenient, unfavourable, unprofitable; unsuitable …1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. clumsy, inactive, ungainly; inexperienced, unhandy, unskilful; loutish; disproportioned, ill-shaped …1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. disagreeable; intractable, troublesome; unsteady, wild; stupid …1895 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. not near at hand; indirect; roundabout; difficult of access; inconveniently situated; generally used of a direction or road …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. of boots, etc.: ill-fitting …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGAINABLE
adj. not easily available …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGAINLY
adj. inconvenient, unhandy; unsteady; not going or working well; insufficient …1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
adv. circuitously; with difficulty …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGAINNESS
n. clumsiness, unwieldiness …1896 Eng. dial.
• UNGANED
adj. inappropriate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGASTO
n. a contrary wind …1899 Sc.
• UNGEAR
vb. 1. to undress, to unwrap; to strip off the clothes; to make naked …1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to castrate, to geld …1788 Sc. obs.
• UNGEEN
adj. 1. not given to, indisposed, disinclined …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. unrelented; unthawed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGENITURED
adj. without testicles; pert. to a eunuch …Shakespeare usage
• UNGHERE
adv. soon, quickly …c1250 obs.
• UNGIVE
vb. to relax, to give way, to loosen; to melt, to thaw …1889 Eng. dial.
• UNGLAURED
adj. unsoiled …1828 Sc.
• UNGLUE
adj. in drag racing and hot rodding: to blow up an engine …1968 US sl.
• UNGLUED
adj. 1. unstable, emotional, lacking control …1950s
adj. 2. drunk …Bk2009 sl.
• UNGODDAMLY
adj. appalling; awful …L19
• UNGODLY
adj. 1. unpleasant; disagreeable; deplorable; appalling; awful …1887
adj. 2. of time: unpleasantly early in the day …1889 UK sl.
adj. 3. insatiable; nice …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. of the stomach or entrails: squeamish …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 5. extremely good, superlative …1974 US sl.
adv. extremely …1960s
• AN UNGODLY HOUR
n. very late …L19
• UNGODLY SHOT
n. 1970s baseball usage – a hard line drive
• UNGONE
adj. at the point of death …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGOOD
adj. bad …1980s US sl.
• UNGOWA
phr. yes; affirmative; OK …1976 US citizens’ band radio sl.
• UNGOWA BWANA
phr. yes; affirmative; OK …1976 US citizens’ band radio sl.
• UNGRAITH’D
adj. unequipped; unfurnished; unadorned …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGRATE
adj. ungrateful …1709-31 Sc. obs.
• UNGRATEFUL
adj. said of a hospital patient who dies after heroic efforts to save his life …1989 US sl.
• UNGRATEFUL MAN
n. a parson ‘who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil’ …L18
• UNGREEABLE
adj. disagreeable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGRETE
n. want of size, smallness …a1250 obs.
• UNGRITH
n. insecurity, hurt …c1200 obs.
• UNGROOVY
adj. unsophisticated, unaware …1940s African-American usage
• UNGUENTUM AUREUM
n. 1. a bribe …L16
n. 2. an advance payment …E19
• UNGUIDEABLE
adj. not amenable to reason; unmanageable, unruly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNGUILED
adj. not caught by guile …1893 Sc.
• UNHAD
adj. not yet obtained …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHAGLY
adj. unthrifty, untidy …Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHALSED
adj. unsaluted …1821 Sc. obs.
• UNHANTY
adj. 1. overlarge, unwieldy …1719 Sc. obs.
adj. 2. inconvenient …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• UNHAP
vb. to uncover, to make naked …1899 Eng. dial.
• UNHARNESS
vb. to remove a jewel from its setting …1926 US criminals’ sl.
• UNHEAL
vb. to strip, to uncover, to unroof …1891 Eng. dial.
• UNHEARTSOME
adj. 1. cheerless, melancholy, sad …1660 Sc.
adj. 2. of the weather: bad, uncomfortable …Bk1905 Sc.
adj. 3. slightly ailing, esp. used of the sensation of cold …Bk1905 Sc.
adj. 4. without affection …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHEARTY
adj. 1. disheartened; cheerless; wretched, sad …1845 Sc.
adj. 2. ailing somewhat, esp. used of the sensation of cold …Bk1905 Sc.
adj. 3. of the weather: unpleasant, uncomfortable …Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHECKLED
adj. disordered in dress …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► UNHEEDY adj. heedless, careless, rash, precipitate, sudden → 1579
• UNHEER
adj. impatient …1721 Eng. dial. obs.
• UNHEP
adj. unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant …1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHEPPEN
adj. 1. slatternly, untidy; unbecoming …1790 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. awkward, clumsy, unskilful; without contrivance or management …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. out of place, unfitted for anything; helpless; unaided …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHERSUMNESS
n. disobedience …c1200 obs.
• UNHEWN
adj. rough, unpolished …1659 sl.
• UNHIGHT
vb. to deprive of grace or beauty …1387 obs.
• UNHINE
adj. 1. excessive, immense; generally used in a bad sense …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
adj. 2. extraordinary, unparalleled, unprecedented; used in a bad sense …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
• UNHINGE
adj. inactive, stiff-jointed …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNHINGED
adj. angry, emotionally unsettled …1719 UK sl.
• UNHINTABLES
n. 1. trousers …19C Brit. jocular euphemism
n. 2. women’s underwear …20C US sl.
• UNHIP
adj. unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant …1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIPPED
adj. unaware, unsophisticated, ignorant …1930s sl., orig. US
• UNHIVE
vb. to deprive of shelter …1832 Sc.
• UNHOLY
adj. awful; outrageous …1842 UK
• UNHOMED
adj. 1. awkward, unlikely …1851 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. unpolished …Bk1905 Eng. dial;.
• UNHONEST
adj. dishonest, dishonourable …1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNHONESTY
n. dishonesty …1871 Sc.
• UNHOOK
vb. 1. to remove handcuffs …1982 US sl.
vb. 2. to release from being arrested or from prison …1950s sl.
vb. 3. to stop taking narcotics …1950s drug culture sl.
• UNHOOK THE U-HAUL!
int. hurry up! …1993 US sl.
• UNHOUSENED
adj. unburied …1885 Sc.
• UNHUHTLIC
adj. unpleasant …c1205 obs.
• UNHYNE
adj. 1. excessive, immense; generally used in a bad sense …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
adj. 2. extraordinary, unparalleled, unprecedented; used in a bad sense …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
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