MEANING
To make someone lose courage or self-control.
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Words that belong together
- unman with fear
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The cry unmanned him.
She feared the news would unman her brother.
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Word forms
- Base
- unman
- Past tense
- unmanned
- Past participle
- unmanned
- Present participle
- unmanning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- unman
- Present continuous
- am/is/are unmanning
- Present perfect
- have/has unmanned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been unmanning
- Past
- unmanned
- Past continuous
- was/were unmanning
- Past perfect
- had unmanned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been unmanning
- Future
- will unman
- Future continuous
- will be unmanning
- Future perfect
- will have unmanned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been unmanning
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Usage notes
Primary category: fear. Forms: unman; unmans; unmanned; unmanned; unmanning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: unmans.
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