UNTWISTING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

untwisting

verb

present participle of untwist

as in unraveling

to separate the various strands of untwisted the ball of thread

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Recent Examples of untwisting In a feat of precision physics, researchers from Cornell and Stanford Universities have filmed atoms twisting and untwisting in perfect sync, a choreography that unfolds in just a trillionth of a second. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2025

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unraveling

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The violence has left many in France with a sense that their nation was unraveling with a deeply unpopular president struggling to manage a growing debt crisis amid extreme social and political divisions.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Passmore plays David, a divorced, broke, and unraveling father who sets out for California with his oldest son, William (Nagy), on a two-thousand-mile drive.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

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