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Definition: Unbuttoned |
UnbuttonedAdjective1. Not buttoned; "the wind picked up the hem of her unbuttoned coat". 2. Not under constraint in action or expression; "this unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok; "unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unbuttoned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1726. (references) |
Synonyms: UnbuttonedSynonyms: unfastened (adj), unlaced (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: buttoned (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Freedom | In full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unbuttoned |
| English words defined with "unbuttoned": unfastened, unlaced. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He wore dark ragged pants and a torn blue shirt, open all the way down, and showing long gray underwear, also unbuttoned. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Whereupon I first unbuttoned my coat and pulled it off. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Unbuttoned" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 48.57% of the time. "Unbuttoned" is used about 70 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 48.57% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 30% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 21.43% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 70 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unbuttoned": buttoned vs unbuttoned. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "unbuttoned": half-unbuttoned. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blouse unbuttoned | 21 |
unbuttoned | 19 |
shirt unbuttoned | 4 |
hsu unbuttoned vivian | 3 |
blouse her unbuttoned | 2 |
blouse her she unbuttoned | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unbuttoned"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i zbërthyer, i shkopsitur, i çlidhur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свободен (at large, available, disengaged, disposable, easeful, easy, exempt, facile, familiar, fetterless, floating, fluent, footloose, free, glib, go-as-you-please, immune, independent, intestate, leisure, loose, neglige, off, open, otiose, quit, spare, tripping, unbending, unbound, uncommitted, unconstrained, unforced, unreserved, unrestricted, unstudied, untenanted, untrammelled, vacant, void, wide), спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), разкопчан (undone), общителен (chummy, clubbable, communicable, communicative, conversable, convivial, folksy, genial, gregarious, knowable, maty, mellow, neighborly, neighbourly, sociable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | uvolnìný (disengaged, laid back, lax, loose, relaxed, released, unstrung), rozepnutý (open, undone), odvázaný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | knöpfte auf, aufgeknöpft (chatty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξεκούμπωτοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kigombolt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sbottonato (undone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uttonedunbay descomposto (disconcerted), desabotoado. (various references) расстегнутый (undone), непринужденный (easy, informal, relaxed, unaffected, unconstrained, unstarched, unstrained, unstudied), нараспашку. (various references) raskopčan, otkopčan, bez dugmeta. (various references) knäppte upp. (various references) teklifsiz (familiar, folksy, informal, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, without circumstance), laubali (cavalier, familiar, informal, offhand, reckless, too familiar, unceremonious, unconventional), düğmeleri açılmış. (various references) розстебнутий, невимушений (cavalier, chatty, easy, informal, laidback, natural, relaxed, there, unrestrained, unstudied). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unbuttoned" (pronounced unbu"tund) |
| 6 | -b u" t u n d | buttoned. |
| 4 | -t u n d | brightened, cottoned, destined, disheartened, enlightened, fattened, flattened, frightened, heartened, heightened, lightened, predestined, shortened, straightened, sweetened, threatened, tightened, unenlightened. |
| 3 | -u n d | abandoned, aforementioned, aland, almond, apportioned, auctioned, auditioned, awakened, bargained, beckoned, blackened, bludgeoned, broadened, burdened, burgeoned, captioned, cautioned, championed, chastened, cheapened, chickened, christened, commissioned, conditioned, cordoned, cushioned, dampened, darkened, decommissioned, deepened, determined, diamond, dimensioned, disciplined, disillusioned, dockland, Eland, emblazoned, emboldened, engined, enlivened, envisioned, errand, evened, examined, fashioned, fastened, functioned, gardened, Garland, garrisoned, glistened, happened, hardened, hastened, Highland, Holland, husband, illumined, imagined, impassioned, imprisoned, island, jettisoned, leavened, legend, lengthened, lessened, ligand, likened, listened, livened, loosened, malfunctioned, margined, mentioned, millisecond, moistened, moribund, motioned, nanosecond, Norland, occasioned, opened, optioned, orphaned, Osmund, overburdened, pardoned, partitioned, petitioned, poisoned, positioned, predetermined, prisoned, proportioned, propositioned, questioned, quickened, rationed, reasoned, reawakened, rechristened, reckoned, reconditioned, reexamined, reopened, repositioned, requisitioned, Reverend, ripened, ruined, saddened, sanctioned, seasoned, second, sectioned, sharpened, Shetland, sickened, siphoned, slackened, softened, soland, stationed, steepened, stiffened, stipend, strengthened, summoned, thickened, thousand, toughened, unburdened, undetermined, unmentioned, unopened, unquestioned, unsanctioned, upland, vacationed, weakened, widened, wizened, worsened. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-n-n-o-t-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: buttoned, dubonnet, unbutton. | |
-3 letters: bounden, unboned, unbound, unnoted, untuned. | |
-4 letters: bonnet, bunted, butted, button, nutted, obtund, tendon, tenuto, touted, tunned, unbend, unbent, undone, untune. | |
-5 letters: beton, boned, bonne, bound, bundt, buteo, butte, butut, debut, donne, donut, doubt, nonet, noted, outed, tenon, toned, tonne, toted, tubed, tuned, undue. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 62 75 74 74 6F 6E 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -... ..- - - --- -. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100010 01110101 01110100 01110100 01101111 01101110 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n b u t t o n e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0062 0075 0074 0074 006F 006E 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55806887868681807170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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