Underhand — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level

marked by deception

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌʌndɚhˈænd/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌʌndəhˈand/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌʌndəhˈand/

3 syllables Say it as /ˌʌndɚhˈænd/.

Examples

an underhand pitch
an underhand stroke
achieved success in business only by underhand methods

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sneaky underhandedly underhanded underarm

Antonyms

overhand

Parts of Speech

adjective	with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level “an underhand pitch”
adjective	marked by deception “achieved success in business only by underhand methods”
adverb	slyly and secretly; - John Donne; - C.G.Bowers “Mean revenge, committed underhand”
adverb	with the hand swung below shoulder level “throwing a ball underarm”

Word Forms

sneak	noun	a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible
sneakiness	noun	a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unter der Hand

mit nach vorne und oben geführter Hand unterhalb der Schulterhöhe

🇫🇷French

sournois

avec la main avancée et levée depuis le niveau des épaules

🇪🇸Spanish

solapado

con la mano adelantada y hacia arriba desde debajo del nivel del hombro

🇮🇹Italian

subdolo

con la mano portata in avanti e in alto da sotto il livello delle spalle

🇳🇱Dutch

onderhands

met de hand naar voren en omhoog gebracht van onder schouderniveau

🇵🇹Portuguese

dissimulado

com a mão trazida para frente e para cima abaixo do nível dos ombros

🇷🇺Russian

закулисный

с вынесенной вперед и вверх рукой ниже уровня плеч

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चालाकीपूर्ण

हाथ को कंधे के स्तर से नीचे से आगे और ऊपर लाते हुए

🇮🇳Tamil

கீழ் கை

தோள்பட்டை மட்டத்திற்கு கீழே இருந்து மேலே கொண்டு வரப்பட்ட கையால்

🇮🇳Telugu

అండర్హ్యాండ్

చేతితో ముందుకు మరియు భుజం స్థాయి నుండి పైకి తీసుకురావాలి

🇮🇳Marathi

अंतर्गत

खांद्याच्या खालून हात पुढे आणि वर आणून

🇮🇳Gujarati

અન્ડરહેન્ડ

ખભાના સ્તરથી નીચેથી આગળ અને ઉપર લાવવામાં આવેલા હાથ સાથે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೆಳಗೆ

ಕೈಯಿಂದ ಭುಜದ ಮಟ್ಟದಿಂದ ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ತರಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടിവശം

തോളിൽ താഴെ നിന്ന് മുകളിലേക്കും മുന്നോട്ട് കൊണ്ടു വന്ന കൈകൊണ്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹੇਠਾਂ

ਹੱਥਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਮੋਢੇ ਦੇ ਹੇਠਲੇ ਪੱਧਰ ਤੋਂ ਅੱਗੇ ਅਤੇ ਉੱਪਰ ਲਿਆਇਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

انڈر ہینڈ

ہاتھ کے ساتھ کندھے کی سطح کے نیچے سے آگے اور اوپر لایا گیا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

下手

手从肩部下方向前抬起

🇯🇵Japanese

アンダーハンド

手を前に出し、肩の下の高さから上げます

🇰🇷Korean

언더핸드

손을 앞으로 들고 어깨 높이 아래에서 위로 올리십시오.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngầm

với bàn tay đưa về phía trước và đưa lên từ dưới mức vai

🇹🇭Thai

เล่ห์เหลี่ยม

โดยยกมือไปข้างหน้าและยกขึ้นจากระดับไหล่ด้านล่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

curang

dengan tangan dibawa ke depan dan ke atas dari bawah bahu

🇲🇾Malay

bawah tangan

dengan tangan dibawa ke hadapan dan ke atas dari bawah paras bahu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مخادع

مع رفع اليد للأمام وللأعلى من أسفل مستوى الكتف

🇮🇷Persian

زیر دست

با دستی که از زیر شانه به جلو و بالا آورده شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

el altından

el öne ve omuz hizasının altından yukarıya doğru kaldırılmış halde

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲשָׁאִי

עם היד מובאת קדימה ומעלה מתחת לגובה הכתף

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