Is "unambient" a word?

xfacilitatorx

Dictionary - Thesaurus - Encyclopedia - Web Top Web Results for "un ambient" No entry found for un ambient. http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://dictionary.reference.com/ Nope. Not a word. Mar 16 06, 4:20 PM

Sabine06

It's not a valid Scrabble word. Mar 16 06, 4:23 PM

gmackematix

OneLook searches 1,001 indexed dictionaries and didn't find it. On the other hand, OneLook's "quick definition" of "word" is a "unit of meaning that native speakers can recognise". Although I may have never seen it before, I can recognise "unambient" as meaning not ambient. A quick look through Google's 200+ examples, "unambient" is almost always used in a musical context. Mar 16 06, 5:30 PM

lanfranco

That's scary. The online OED returned no matches, and I couldn't think of a proper antonym for "ambient." It seems that some people think "unambient" suits just fine. Another example of language evolution? Mar 16 06, 5:46 PM

xfacilitatorx

Antonyms of adj ambient 1 sense of ambient Sense 1 ambient INDIRECT (VIA close) -> Distant http://www.synonym.com/antonym/ambient http://www.synonym.com/antonym/ambient Mar 16 06, 5:53 PM

Ivystung

I would think something like "captivating" or "striking" (as an adjective) could be an antonym of ambient. Since ambient generally refers to something which blends into the background and you are only vaguely aware of. Mar 16 06, 10:41 PM

lanfranco

Afraid not, Ivy. You'll have to explain yourself a bit more specifically. "Ambient" means "surrounding" or "encircling," not something that "blends into the background." Mar 17 06, 6:39 PM

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