nameless

Everyday

1. Nameless means having no name or whose name is not known. tree →
2. Nameless means whose name is kept secret on purpose. tree →
3. A nameless feeling (fear, dread) is too strange or strong to describe. tree →

In the lessons

In stories it creates mystery: a nameless stranger, a nameless dread. In news it is like «unnamed». In history, nameless soldiers or workers are people whose names were lost. Phrases: «a nameless fear», «who shall remain nameless» (a joke way of not naming someone).

Examples

• A nameless stranger knocked at the door. tree →
• The stray cat was nameless until we called it Biscuit. tree →
• Someone, who shall remain nameless, ate all the biscuits! tree →
• She felt a nameless fear in the dark wood. tree →
• The tomb holds a nameless soldier. tree →
• The river was nameless on the old map. tree →
• Suddenly--he could not have told why--a nameless fear seized upon him, and he fled away from the shore as if for his life. tree →

Note

Adjective: name + -less (without). «Who shall remain nameless» is a playful phrase meaning "I won't say who, but you know". Close word: unnamed.