Word families

Shakespeare often refers to the heart. But he also uses this word to help create other words, such as unheart, heart-sore, and heartless. How many such derived words are there, and how are they used? Type HEART into the search-box and you will see.

We use the term word-family to identify the set of words that contain the same basic element. They will be part of a compound word (as in heart-sore), accompanied by a prefix (as in unheart) or a suffix (as in heartless), or used in different ways (e.g. as a noun and a verb). In this section we list all the words in the canon (in the modern English version) that have family resemblances so you can see which words Shakespeare exploited in this way, and which he did not. Words that are not included (such as the and Horatio) are described on the further information page here.

When there are several family members, we group them into themes, showing the directions in which Shakespeare used a word. Where these occur, they are listed under the main heading. The names of the themes, taken along with their family members, we hope are self-explanatory, but more illustration can be found on the further information page here.
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UDDERS
UGLY
ULCER
UMBER
UMPIRE
UNABLE
UNACCOMMODATED
UNACCOMPANIED
UNACCUSTOMED
UNACHING
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UNACTIVE
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UNAGREEABLE
UNANELED
UNANSWERED
UNAPPEASED
UNAPPROVED
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UNARM
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UNCASE
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UNCERTAIN
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RELATIVES
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DIRECTION
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UNINTELLIGENT
UNION [join]
UNION [pearl]
UNITE
EXTRA
NOT
UNIVERSAL
UNIVERSITY
UNJOINTED
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UNKENNEL
UNKEPT
UNKIND
UNKING
UNKINGLIKE
UNKISS
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UNSHOWN
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UNSWORN
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UNTANGLE
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UNTENTED
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UNTOLD
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UNTWINE
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UNUSUAL
UNVALUED
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UNVARNISHED
UNVEIL
UNVENERABLE
UNVEXED
UNVIOLABLE
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UNVISITED
UNVULNERABLE
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UNWARES
UNWARILY
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UNWATCHED
UNWEARIED
UNWEAVE
UNWED
UNWEDGEABLE
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UNWEIGHED
UNWELCOME
UNWEPT
UNWHIPPED
UNWHOLESOME
UNWIELDY
UNWILLING
UNWIND
UNWIPED
UNWISE
UNWISHED
UNWITNESSED
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UNWRUNG
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UNYOKE
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ACTION
CLOSING
HEIGHT
PEOPLE
STATE
TIME
UPBRAID
UPCAST
UPFILL
UPHOARDED
UPHOLD
UPLIFT
UPLIFTED
UPLOCKED
UPMOST
UPPER
UP-PRICKED
UPREAR
UPRIGHT
UPRISE
UPROAR
UPROUSE
UPSHOT
UPSIDE DOWN
UPSPRING
UPSTAIRS
UPSTARING
UPSTART
UPSWARM
UPTURNED
UPWARD
URCHIN
APPEARANCE
EVENT
URE
URGE
NOT
URINE
URN
USAGE
USANCE
USE
BAD
MONEY
PEOPLE
NOT
USHER
USUAL
NOT
USURER
USURP
PEOPLE
USURY
PEOPLE
UTENSIL
UTILITY
UTIS
UTMOST
UTTER [most]
UTTER [speak]
BAD
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