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Synonyms for undoing

noun

  1. Ruin

    ruination, downfall, doom, reversal, destruction, misfortune, calamity, overthrow, collapse, trouble, grief, catastrophe, defeat, perdition, shipwreck, smash, wrack, subversion, discomfiture, collapse.

    Antonyms success*, accomplishment, achievement.

  2. The cause of ruin

    casualty, accident, mishap, misadventure, misstep, faux pas (French), bad hap, catastrophe, mischance, bad luck, adversity, reverse, blow, trial, affliction, visitation, stroke of fate, slip, blunder, fault, omission, difficulty, failure, error, miscalculation, trip, stumble, fumble, blunder, repulse, discouragement, death-blow, last straw, death knell.

    Antonyms advantage*, good omen, godsend.

See undoing in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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