untold
untold
Definition
un·told (un tōld′, un′tōld′)
adjective
- not told, related, or revealed
- too great or too numerous to be counted or measured; incalculable untold wealth
- indescribably great or intense untold misery
Etymology: ME untald < OE unteald
- untorn
untold
Synonyms
untold
modif.
untold
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- largely: There is another side to the asylum story that goes largely untold.
- previously: Che in Africa is the previously untold story of Che Guevara's ' lost year ' in Africa.
- yet: This year's story is yet untold No one knows what to behold Just run for the future bold!
- still: Yet, in many ways their story is still untold.
- hitherto: I have looked into my soul and discovered a hitherto untold truth.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- leave: Yes, yes, my dear, let me leave nothing untold however it may damage me in your eyes.
- miss: Sometimes I miss the old man, miss the stories untold, I miss the understatement, but life must go on.
Modifies a noun
- suffering: The uncontrolled use of these weapons causes untold human suffering in many parts of the world.
- billion: NATO, he said, must imitate the Cold War when " untold billions of dollars " were spent.
- grief: More importantly, it causes untold grief - suffering which God never intended.
- sorrow: Untold sorrow has been your lot, Where the sun sets in your loins.
- hardship: It has cost an estimated £ 27 billion and untold hardship for family farmers and small businesses.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near untold
- untouchable
- untouched
- untoward
- untracked
- untrained
- untrammeled
- untraveled
- untread
- untried
- untroubled
