Synonyms for unknowing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-noh-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈnoʊ ɪŋ

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Définition of unknowing

Origin :
  • c.1300, "without knowledge, ignorant," from un- (1) "not" + present participle of know (v.). Noun meaning "ignorance" is mid-14c. Related: Unknowingly.
  • adj unaware
Example sentences :
  • I hadn't returned it, after all; had been gripping it all the time, unknowing.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • "Nowhere on earth, Esther," replied David, unknowing why he said so.
  • Extract from : « An Old Woman's Tale » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • They were unknowing in the art of disguising their feelings.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • It was as though all unknowing I had heard a whisper or seen something.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • But for thee I should have passed away, unknowing the glory of manhood.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • But, knowing or unknowing, he repeated his cry, and was answered.
  • Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
  • Unknowing that he had read her thought, she found her voice and whispered: "Yes!"
  • Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
  • The unknowing ones and Gosse murmur, and cry on their man to let out.
  • Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • It was an act that does not bear the close scrutiny of the unknowing mob.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • This was what I had fled from, unknowing the source of my panic, the night before.
  • Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram

Antonyms for unknowing

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