It was his undoing.
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Undoing
//ʌnˈduːɪŋ//
Synonyms for "undoing" (101 found)
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18 translations across 11 languages.
Danish
1 entries- undergang noun (that which defeats)
Dutch
1 entries- ondergang noun (that which defeats)
Finnish
3 entries- kohtalo noun (that which defeats)
- tappio noun (that which defeats)
- tuho noun (that which defeats)
French
1 entries- perte noun (that which defeats)
German
3 entries- Ruin noun (that which defeats)
- Verderben noun (that which defeats)
- Verhängnis noun (that which defeats)
Hungarian
1 entries- veszte noun (that which defeats)
Icelandic
1 entries- banabiti noun (that which defeats)
Norwegian
1 entries- undergang noun (that which defeats)
Polish
4 entries- klęska noun (that which defeats)
- ruina noun (that which defeats)
- zagłada noun (that which defeats)
- zguba noun (that which defeats)
Russian
1 entries- ги́бель noun (that which defeats)
Swedish
1 entries- fördärv noun (that which defeats)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.
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Praise is the undoing of man.
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Tom's arrogance led to his own undoing.
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