Unawares

Definition: Unawares

Unawares

Adverb

1. Without forethought or plan; inadvertently; "came upon the diamond unawares".

2. Suddenly and unexpectedly; "rain caught them unawares"; "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- A.Lincoln.

3. At a disadvantage; "I was caught short".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unawares" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonym: Unawares

Ignorance

Adverb: ignorantly; Adjective: unawares; for anything, for aught one knows; not that one knows.

Inexpectation

Be unexpected; Adjective: come unawares; adVerb: turn up, pop, drop from the clouds; come upon one, burst upon one, flash upon one, bounce upon one, steal upon one, creep upon one; come like a thunder clap, burst like a thunderclap, thunder bolt; take by surprise, catch by surprise, catch unawares, catch napping; yach.

Adverb: abruptly, unexpectedly, surprisingly; plump, pop, a l'improviste, unawares; without notice, without warning, without a "by your leave"; like a thief in the night, like a thunderbolt; in an unguarded moment; suddenly; (instantaneously).

Crosswords: Unawares

He took me unawares! (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; writing credit: R.A. Dick; Philip Dunne)

My dear, since Eve picked the apple, no woman has ever been taken entirely unawares. (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir; writing credit: R.A. Dick; Philip Dunne)

Angels Unawares (1916)

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Books

• Angels Unawares (reference)

• Angels Unawares (Churchman's Africa Library) (reference)

• Crisis unawares : a doctor examines the Korean church (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I shall feel myself shudder, suddenly and unawares.

This new chief, God, he felt unawares, and was perplexed thereat.

The clear certitude of his own immunity grew dim and to it succeeded a vague fear that his soul had really fallen unawares.

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Expressions using "unawares": at unawares ♦ catch smb. all unawares ♦ catch smb. unawares ♦ catch unawares ♦ take smb. all unawares ♦ take smb. unawares ♦ taken unawares. Additional references.

Albanian

padashur (involuntarily, unintentionally, unwittingly), në befasi (by surprise), gafil. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فجأة (all at once, all of a sudden, bang, bounce, by surprise, on the spur of the moment, out of the blue, overnight, short, suddenly, unexpectedly), ‏من غير قصد (accidentally, unaware), ‏لا شعوريا (unaware), ‏على حين غرة (suddenly). (various references)

Bulgarian 

внезапно (abruptly, all of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, out of the blue, plop, plump, pop, short, shortly, suddenly), несъзнателно (unconsciously, unknowingly, unwittingly), неочаквано (all at once, all of a sudden, by surprise, on the spur of the moment, out of the blue, plump, pop, slap), ненадейно (plump, suddenly), без да искам. (various references)

Czech

znenadání (bump, out of the blue), nevìdomky (unconsciously, unknowingly), neoèekávanì (all of a sudden, surprisingly), nedopatřením (by an oversight), náhle (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, bump, on a sudden, short, slap, suddenly). (various references)

Farsi 

ناگهان (Aback, Abrupt, Bolt, Slapdash, Sudden, Unaware), ناخوداگاهانه (Unaware), ناخوداگاه (Subconscious, Unaware, Unconscious), غفلتا (Slapdash, Unaware), سراسیمه (Headfirst, Headlong, Pellmell, Unaware), بی خبر (Sudden, Unaware, Unconscious, Unwitting). (various references)

Finnish

vahingossa (by accident, inadvertently), arvaamatta (unexpectedly), äkkiarvaamatta (all of a sudden, unexpectedly, when least expected). (various references)

French

au dépourvu, � l'improviste. (various references)

German

versehentlich (by mistake, erroneous, inadvertent, inadvertently, mistakenly, undesigned), unversehens (all of a sudden, suddenly, unexpectedly). (various references)

Greek 

απροσδόκητα (unexpectedly). (various references)

Hungarian

akaratlanul (by misadventure, unintentionally, unwittingly). (various references)

Indonesian

menggerebek (come up on someone unawares, raid something), kebobolan (cought unawares, penetration, pierced). (various references)

Italian

inconsapevolmente, inavvertitamente (accidentally, by mistake, inadvertently), di sorpresa. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

知らず知らず (unconsciously, unwittingly), 何時しか (before one knows, unnoticed), 何時の�"にか (before one knows, unnoticed), 何時の�"にやら (before you know it, unnoticed), いつの�"にか (before one knows, more than usual, unnoticed). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しらずしらず (unconsciously, unwittingly), いつしか (before one knows, unnoticed), いつのまにか (before one knows, unnoticed), いつのまにやら (before you know it, unnoticed). (various references)

Manx

gyn yss (by stealth, clandestinely, covert, in secret, on the sly, secretly, surreptitious, surreptitiously, unadvised, unconsciously, unexpected), dy steetagh, doaltattym (abrupt, sudden, unexpected). (various references)

Pig Latin

awaresunay

Portuguese

sem saber, por descuido, inesperadamente (short, unexpectedly), inconscientemente (unconsciously, unintentional, unwittingly), de surpresa (by surprise), de súbito. (various references)

Romanian

pe neaşteptate (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, impromptu, off hand, on a sudden, short, shortly, slap, snap, suddenly, unexpectedly, upon a sudden), din neatenţie, deodatã (at a clap, bang, short, slap, suddenly, unexpectedly), brusc (abrupt, abruptly, all at once, bang, bounce, brusque, plop, plump, rash, roughly, rude, sharp, sharply, short, shortly, snap, sudden, suddenly, unexpected, unexpectedly). (various references)

Russian 

неожиданно (all at once, all of a sudden, below expectations, surprisingly, unexpectedly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

neopaženo, iznenada (abruptly, all of a sudden, blue: out of the blue, bump, short, suddenly, surprise: by surprise). (various references)

Spanish

inopinadamente (unexpectedly). (various references)

Swedish

oförmodad (abrupt, unexpected), oförmärkt (unnoticed). (various references)

Turkish

habersizce (at unawares, unbeknown, unbeknownst, unexpectedly), gafil avlayarak, farkında olmadan (unconsciously), bilmeden (unconscious, unconsciously, without knowing), bilinçsizce (unconsciously). (various references)

Ukrainian

несподівано (abruptly, bang, casually, overnight, plump, surprisingly, unexpectedly), ненавмисно (accidentally, carelessly, casually, inadvertently). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Unawares" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Odawara, uawares, unawair, unawar, unawarded, Uniworks. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: unaware, unswear.

-2 letters: anears, answer, arenas, nausea, resawn, ruanas, seawan.

-3 letters: anear, ansae, areas, arena, aurae, auras, aures, aware, earns, nares, nears, nurse, resaw, rewan, ruana, runes, saner, saran, sauna, sawer, sewan, sewar, snare, sware, swear, unsew, urase, ureas, ursae, usnea, wanes, wares, warns, weans, wears, wrens.

-4 letters: anas, anes, anew, ansa, anus, area.

+3 letters: quartersawn, unawareness.

+4 letters: unanswerable, unanswerably, warehouseman.

+5 letters: unawarenesses.