Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 5
Unbeliever (n.) 無信仰的人；異教徒；不信者，懷疑者A disbeliever; especially, one who does not believe that the Bible is a divine revelation, and holds that Christ was neither a divine nor a supernatural person; an infidel; a freethinker.
Syn: See Infidel.
Unbeliever (n.) Someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) [syn: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever].
Unbelieving (a.) 不相信的；懷疑的 [Z] Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.
Unbelieving (a.) Believing the thing alleged no to be true; disbelieving; especially, believing that Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. "Unbelieving Jews." -- Acts xiv. 2. -- Un`be*liev"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*liev"ing*ness, n.
Unbelieving, () See believing.
Unbelieving (a.) Rejecting any belief in gods [syn: atheistic, atheistical, unbelieving].
Unbelieving (a.) Holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible [syn: nescient, unbelieving].
Unbelieving (a.) Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles" [syn: disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving].
Unbelt (v. t.) 解下……的腰帶（或皮帶等）；解帶取出（刀劍等） To remove or loose the belt of; to ungird.
Unbelt (v.) Undo the belt of; "unbelt your trousers" [ant: belt].
Unbent (imp. & p. p.) of Unbend.
Unbending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbend.
Unbend (v. t.) 弄直；伸直；放直；使輕鬆，使鬆弛；放鬆 To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.
Unbend (v. t.) A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.
You do unbend your noble strength. -- Shak.
Unbend (v. t.) (Naut.) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
Unbend (v. t.) (Naut.) To cast loose or untie, as a rope.
Unbend (v. i.) 變直；鬆弛；變融洽；變和藹 To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
Unbend (v. i.) To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.
Unbend (v.) Straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten, unbend] [ant: bend, flex].
Unbend (v.) Unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay.
Unbend (v.) Free from flexure; "unbend a bow" [ant: bend, deform, flex, turn, twist].
Unbend (v.) Make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope" [syn: relax, unbend].
Unbend (v.) Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down] [ant: tense, tense up].
Unbend (v.) Release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information."
Unbending (a.) 不易彎曲的；挺直的；不屈不撓的，堅定的；不妥協的 Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. -- Pope.
Unbending (a.) Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.
Unbending (a.) Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.
Unbending (a.) Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.]
It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour. -- Rowe. -- Un*bend"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*bend"ing*ness, n.
Unbending (a.) Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" [syn: inflexible, rigid, unbending].
Unbenevolence (n.) Absence or want of benevolence; ill will.
Compare: Benevolence
Benevolence (n.) 仁慈，善心，善意 [U]；善舉，恩惠；捐贈 [U] The disposition to do good; good will; charitableness; love of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness.
The wakeful benevolence of the gospel. -- Chalmers.
Benevolence () An act of kindness; good done; charity given.
Benevolence () A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity.
Syn: Benevolence, Beneficence, Munificence.
Usage: Benevolence marks a disposition made up of a choice and desire for the happiness of others. Beneficence marks the working of this disposition in dispensing good on a somewhat broad scale. Munificence shows the same disposition, but acting on a still broader scale, in conferring gifts and favors. These are not necessarily confined to objects of immediate utility. One may show his munificence in presents of pictures or jewelry, but this would not be beneficence. Benevolence of heart; beneficence of life; munificence in the encouragement of letters.
Benevolence (n.) Disposition to do good [ant: malevolence, malignity].
Benevolence (n.) An inclination to do kind or charitable acts.
Benevolence (n.) An act intending or showing kindness and good will [syn: benevolence, benefaction].
Unbenign (a.) Not benign; malignant.
Compare: Benign
Benign (a.) 仁慈的；親切的；良性的；有益健康的；有利的；吉利的 Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.
Creator bounteous and benign. -- Milton.
Benign (a.) Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome.
Kind influences and benign aspects. -- South.
Benign (a.) Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.
Syn: Kind; propitious; bland; genial; salubrious; favorable salutary; gracious; liberal.
Benign (a.) Not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor) [ant: malignant].
Benign (a.) Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air" [syn: benign, benignant] [ant: malign].
Benign (a.) Kindness of disposition or manner; "the benign ruler of millions"; "benign intentions."
Compare: Malignant
Malignant (a.) 有惡意的，邪惡的；極有害的；【醫】惡性的，致命的Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. "Invasive war." -- Hoole.
Malignant (a.) (Med.) tending to spread, especially tending to intrude into healthy tissue; -- used mostly of tumors. [Narrower terms: malignant]
Malignant (a.) Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.
A malignant and a turbaned Turk. -- Shak.
Malignant (a.) Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious. "Malignant care." -- Macaulay.
Some malignant power upon my life. -- Shak.
Something deleterious and malignant as his touch. -- Hawthorne.
Malignant (a.) (Med.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.
Malignant pustule (Med.), A very contagious disease produced by infection of subcutaneous tissues with the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. It is transmitted to man from animals and is characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the infection, of a vesicle or pustule which first enlarges and then breaks down into an unhealthy ulcer. It is marked by profound exhaustion and often fatal. The disease in animals is called charbon; in man it is called cutaneous anthrax, and formerly was sometimes called simply anthrax.
Malignant (n.) 不滿者 [C] A man of extreme enmity or evil intentions. -- Hooker.
Malignant (n.) (Eng. Hist.) One of the adherents of Charles I. or Charles II.; -- so called by the opposite party.
Malignant (a.) Dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) [ant: benign].
Unbenumb (v. t.) To relieve of numbness; to restore sensation to.
Unbereaven (a.) Unbereft. [R.]
Unbereft (a.) Not bereft; not taken away.
Unbeseem (v. t.) To be unbecoming or unsuitable to; to misbecome.
Unbeseeming (a.) Unbecoming; not befitting. -- Un`be*seem"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*seem"ing*ness, n.
Unbespeak (v. t.) To unsay; hence, to annul or cancel. [Obs.] -- Pepys.
Unbethink (v. t.) To change the mind of (one's self). [Obs.]
Unbeware (adv.) Unawares. [Obs.] -- Bale.
Unbewitch (v. t.) To free from a spell; to disenchant. [R.] -- South.
Unbias (v. t.) To free from bias or prejudice. -- Swift.
Unbiased (a.) 無偏見的；不偏不倚的；公正的 Free from bias or prejudice; unprejudiced; impartial. -- Un*bi"ased*ly, adv. -- {Un*bi"ased*ness"> Un*bi"ased*ly, adv. -- {Un*bi"ased*ness, n. Unbid
Unbiased See biased.
Unbiased (a.) Characterized by a lack of partiality; "a properly indifferent jury"; "an unbiasgoted account of her family problems" [syn: indifferent, unbiased, unbiassed].
Unbiased (a.) Without bias [syn: unbiased, unbiassed].
Unbid (a.) Alt. of Unbidden.
Unbidden (a.) Not bidden; not commanded.
Thorns also and thistles it shall bring thee forth Unbid; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. -- Milton.
Unbidden (a.) Uninvited; as, unbidden guests. -- Shak.
Unbidden (a.) Being without a prayer. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Unbound (imp. & p. p.) of Unbind.
Unbinding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbind.
Unbind (v. t.) 解開；鬆開；釋放；解放 To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.
Unbind (v.) Untie or unfasten; "unbind the feet of this poor woman" [ant: bind].
Unbishop (v. t.) 解除……之主教職務 To deprive, as a city, of a bishop; to deprive, as a clergyman, of episcopal dignity or rights. [R.] "Then he unbishops himself." -- Milton.
Unbitted (imp. & p. p.) of Unbit.
Unbitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbit.
Unbit (v. t.) (Naut.) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits; as, to unbit a cable. -- Totten.
Unbit, () See bit.
Unblemished (a.) Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation or life. -- Addison.
Unblemished (a.) Free from physical or moral spots or stains; "an unblemished record"; "an unblemished complexion" [syn: unblemished, unmarred, unmutilated] [ant: blemished].
Unbless (v. t.) To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. [Obs.] -- Shak. Unblessed
Unblessed (a.) Alt. of Unblest.
Unblest (a.) Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched. "Unblessed enchanter." -- Milton.
Unblest, () See blest.
Unblestful (a.) Unblessed. [R.] -- Sylvester.
Unblind (v. t.) To free from blindness; to give or restore sight to; to open the eyes of. [R.] -- J. Webster (1607).
Unblindfold (v. t.) To free from that which blindfolds. -- Spenser.
Unbloody (a.) 不流血的；不好殺的 Not bloody. -- Dryden.
Unbloody sacrifice. (a) A sacrifice in which no victim is slain.
Unbloody sacrifice. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Mass.
Unbloody (a.) Achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power" [syn: nonviolent, unbloody].
Unblushing (a.) Not blushing; shameless. -- Un*blush"ing*ly, adv.
Unblushing, () See blushing.
Unblushing (a.) Feeling no shame; "a shameless imposter"; "an unblushing apologist for fascism" [syn: shameless, unblushing].
Unbody (v. t.) To free from the body; to disembody.
Her soul unbodied of the burdenous corse. -- Spenser.
Unbody (v. i.) To leave the body; to be disembodied; -- said of the soul or spirit. [R.] -- Chaucer.
Unbolt (v. t.) 拔去門閂 To remove a bolt from; to unfasten; to unbar; to open. "He shall unbolt the gates." -- Shak.
Unbolt (v. i.) To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation. [Obs.] "I will unbolt to you." -- Shak.
Unbolt (v.) Undo the bolt of; "unbolt the door" [ant: bolt].
Unbone (v. t.) 去掉（肉中）骨 To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone.
Unbone (v. t.) To twist about, as if boneless. [R.] -- Milton.
Unbonnet (v. t.) To take a bonnet from; to take off one's bonnet; to uncover; as, to unbonnet one's head. -- Sir W. Scott.
Unbooked (a.) Not written in a book; unrecorded. "UnbookedEnglish life." -- Masson.
Unbooked (a.) Not reserved in advance.
Unboot (v. t.) 替 ... 脫下長統靴 To take off the boots from.
Unborn (a.) [Z] 未誕生的，有待誕生的；有待出現的，未來的 Not born; no yet brought into life; being still to appear; future.
Some unborn sorrow, ripe in fortune's womb. -- Shak.
See future sons, and daughters yet unborn. -- Pope.
Unborn (a.) Not yet brought into existence; "unborn generations" [ant: born].
Unborrowed (a.) Not borrowed; being one's own; native; original.
Unbosomed (imp. & p. p.) of Unbosom.
Unbosoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbosom.
Unbosom (v. t.) To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self. -- Milton.
Unbosom (v.) Relieve oneself of troubling information [syn: unbosom, relieve].
Unbosomer (n.) One who unbosoms, or discloses. [R.] "An unbosomer of secrets." -- Thackeray.
Unbottomed (a.) Deprived of a bottom.
Unbottomed (a.) Having no bottom; bottomless. -- Milton.
Unbound () imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
Unboundably (adv.) Infinitely. [Obs.]
I am . . . unboundably beholding to you. -- J. Webster (1607).
Unbounded (a.) Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition. -- Addison. -- Un*bound"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*bound"ed*ness, n.
Unbounded, () See bounded.
Unbounded (a.) Seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money" [syn: boundless, unbounded, limitless].
Unbow (v. t.) To unbend. [R.] -- Fuller.
Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down. -- Byron.
Unbowed (a.) Erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: straight, unbent, unbowed].
Unbowed (a.) Not forced to bow down to a conqueror.
Unboweled (imp. & p. p.) of Unbowel.
Unbowelled () of Unbowel.
Unboweling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbowel.
Unbowelling () of Unbowel.
Unbowel (v. t.) To deprive of the entrails; to disembowel. -- Dr. H. More.
Unbox (v. t.) To remove from a box or boxes.
Unbox (v.) Remove from a box; "unbox the presents" [ant: box, package].
Unboy (v. t.) To divest of the traits of a boy. [R.] -- Clarendon.
Unbrace (v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves. -- Spenser.
Unbrace (v.) Undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" [syn: untie, unbrace, unlace] [ant: bind, tie].
Unbrace (v.) Remove from tension.
Unbrace (v.) Remove a brace or braces from.
Unbraid (v. t.) To separate the strands of; to undo, as a braid; to unravel; to disentangle.
Unbraid (v.) Undo the braids of; "unbraid my hair" [ant: braid, pleach].
Unbreakable (a.) Impossible to break especially under ordinary usage; "unbreakable plastic dinnerwear" [ant: breakable].
Unbreakableness (n.) A consistency of something that does not break under pressure [ant: breakableness].
Unbreast (v. t.) To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom. [Obs.] -- P. Fletcher,
Unbreathed (a.) Not breathed.
Unbreathed (a.) Not exercised; unpracticed. [Obs.] "Their unbreathed memories." -- Shak.
Unbred (a.) Not begotten; unborn. [Obs.] "Thou age unbred." -- Shak.
Unbred (a.) Not taught or trained; -- with to. -- Dryden.
Unbred (a.) Not well-bred; ill-bred. [Obs.] -- Locke.
Unbreeched (imp. & p. p.) of Unbreech.
Unbreching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbreech.
Unbreech (v. t.) To remove the breeches of; to divest or strip of breeches. -- Shak.
Unbreech (v. t.) (Gun.) To free the breech of, as a cannon, from its fastenings or coverings. -- Pennant.
Unbrewed (a.) Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine. [R.] -- Young.
Unbridle (v. t.) To free from the bridle; to set loose.
Unbridle (v.) Remove the bridle from (a horse or mule) [ant: bridle].
Unbridled (a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions. "Unbridled boldness." -- B. Jonson.
Lands deluged by unbridled floods. -- Wordsworth. -- Un*bri"dled*ness, n. -- Abp. Leighton.
Unbridled (a.) Not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage" [syn: unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned].
Unbroken (a.) Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.
Unbroken, () See broken.
Unbroken (a.) Marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon" [ant: broken].
Unbroken (a.) Not subdued or trained for service or use; "unbroken colts."
Unbroken (a.) (Of farmland) Not plowed; "unplowed fields"; "unbroken land" [syn: unplowed, unploughed, unbroken] [ant: ploughed, plowed].
Unbroken (a.) (Especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded; "unbroken promises"; "promises kept" [syn: unbroken, kept] [ant: broken, unkept].
Unbroken (a.) Not broken; whole and intact; in one piece; "fortunately the other lens is unbroken" [ant: broken].
Unbuckle (v. t.) To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe. "Unbuckle anon thy purse." -- Chaucer.
Unbuckle (v.) Undo the buckle of; "Unbuckle your seat belt" [ant: buckle, clasp].
Unbuild (v. t.) To demolish; to raze. "To unbuild the city." -- Shak.
Unbundle (v. t.) To release, as from a bundle; to disclose.
Unbung (v. t.) To remove the bung from; as, to unbung a cask.
Unburden (v. t.) 卸去……的負擔；【喻】發洩；表白；吐露 To relieve from a burden.
Unburden (v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload.
Unburden (v.) Free or relieve (someone) of a burden.
Unburden (v.) Take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey" [syn: unburden, disburden] [ant: burden, burthen, weight, weight down].