Home › Words › U › unringunringunring means hypothetically, to reverse the act of ringing, or the consequences of the action.EtymologyFrom un- + ring.verbHypothetically, to reverse the act of ringing, or the consequences of the action.To remove a ring from.e.g.“Her lofty song commands in thrilling strains That new-raised woman snap her rusty chains, Unring her finger and unbind her breast.” — 1979, John Jefferson Bray, “The Story of Iphis”, in Poems 1972-1979:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.unringing 70% match — Not ringing. vs unring →unfire 63% match — Hypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon). vs unring →unhappen 59% match — To cease to have happened; to undo itself. vs unring →unroast 58% match — Hypothetically, to undo the roasting of; to uncook. vs unring →unhear 57% match — To reverse the process of hearing, so that (a sound, etc.) was never heard. vs unring →unrung 56% match — Not having been rung. vs unring →unthink 55% match — To undo the process of thinking. vs unring →unsing 55% match — To take back something sung; to undo the singing of. vs unring →