- Types Of Speech
- You can use underhand as a article, adverb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Underhand
- A 3 syllables article and 9 letters with the letters a, d, e, h, n, r, and u, 6 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter r. Underhand starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters u, un, und, unde, under, and the ending characters are d, nd, and, hand, rhand, ..
- Definition
- Marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
- Origin/Roots
- Old English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, underhand has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are under, and hand.
- Pig Latin
- Underhand in Pig Latin is said as "underhanday or underhandway".
- Unigram
- u | n | d | e | r | h | a | n | d
- Bigram
- un | nd | de | er | rh | ha | an | nd
- Trigram
- und | nde | der | erh | rha | han | and
- Quadrigram
- unde | nder | derh | erha | rhan | hand
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- marked by deception;
"achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
- Article Examples
- with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level;
"an underhand pitch";
"an underhand stroke"
- Adverb Examples
- with the hand swung below shoulder level';
"throwing a ball underarm" - slyly and secretly;
"Mean revenge, committed underhand"- John Donne;
"oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"- C.G.Bowers
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdominal External Oblique Muscle | |
| Ambidextrous | marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill "a double-dealing double agent" "a double-faced infernal traitor and |
| Amoral | without moral standards or principles "a completely amoral person" |
| Artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft "the artful dodger" "an artful choice of metaphors" |
| Backstair | secret and sly or sordid "backstairs gossip" "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard "backstairs intimacies" "furtive behavior" |
| Backstairs | a second staircase at the rear of a building |
| Back Door | |
| Baleful | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments "a baleful look" "forbidding thunderclouds" "his tone became menacing" "ominous rumblings of discontent" "sinister storm clouds" "a sinister smile" "his threatening behavior" "ugly black clo |
| Bribable | capable of being corrupted "corruptible judges" "dishonest politicians" "a purchasable senator" "a venal police officer" |
| Browbeaten | frightened into submission or compliance |
View all cognitive synonyms for Underhand
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Underhand | marked by deception "achieved success in business only by underhand methods" |
View English words with the unique letters used in underhand. Words With The Letters Adehnru
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Corrupt | alter from the original |
| Crooked | having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" |
Underhand Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With U
- Ends With D
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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