🙂 To relax face 🧶 To undo knitting

to unknit

1 8.3

To smooth a wrinkled forehead so you look less worried

verb
/ʌnˈnɪt/

Literature

: relajar

She tried to unknit her brow when she realized the mistake was forgiven.

Examples

It took a moment for her to unknit her forehead and smile again.
She tried to unknit her brow while listening to the news.
After hearing the good news, he managed to unknit his worried expression.
He unknits his forehead whenever he feels stressed.
She tried to unknit her brow when she heard the good news so she wouldn't look worried.
After a long day, he took a moment to unknit the furrows in his forehead and relax.
The yoga instructor encouraged everyone to unknit their tense brows during the meditation session.

Synonyms

to unpucker

vsto unknit

7.9

Smooth a wrinkled area of skin, fabric, or lips

is used specifically to relax tense facial furrows rather than general surfaces

to unwrinkle

vsto unknit

3.3

To make fabric smooth by removing folds

focuses on loosening or smoothing facial folds and tense brow area

Antonyms

to furrow

11 5.8

To make lines or wrinkles in the skin, often on the forehead

How Tense

to furrow

11 5.8

to knit

3 4.2

to frown

160 1.0

to unknit

Literature

1 8.3

smooth

1 5.8

to relax

78 1.0

Surface Forms

unknit infinitive

unknit past

unknit past participle

unknotting present participle

unknits third person singular

Morphology

unknit = knit (semi-transparent) = un + knit

Formally 'un-' + 'knit' is clear, but the sense 'relax or smooth a knitted/furrowed brow' is a figurative extension requiring knowledge of the collocation 'knit one's brow'.

Etymology

Unknit can also mean to smooth a worried face. The start un- is 'do the opposite of' and knit is the same word as in 'knit one's brow', so to unknit your brow is to 'relax' or smooth the lines on your forehead.