Antonyms for underhand
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-der-hand |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌn dərˌhænd |
Definition of underhand
Origin :- Old English under hand "in subjection," from under + hand. Sense of "secret, stealthy, surreptitious" first recorded 1530s. For sense development, cf. Middle Dutch onderhanden "by degrees, slowly," Dutch onderhandsch "secret, private." The adjective is attested from 1540s.
- adj deceitful
- You know I don't want to mix myself up with your underhand dealings.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- And he recalled his own bootless wickedness and underhand intrigues.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Depend upon it, there has been some underhand influence at work.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- If punished, he would continue his misdeeds in an underhand way.
- Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
- Underhand, clandestine information you get is no more than dishonesty on your part.
- Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
- I object as much, if not more, to his underhand concealment of this, than I do to the fact itself.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- "Probably he was up to some underhand work," observed Walsh.
- Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch » by Laura Lee Hope
- The offices which I have myself obtained I never strove for by any underhand means.
- Extract from : « Meditations » by Marcus Aurelius
- I do not wish to employ strong language, but I do consider it underhand.
- Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
- But if she wants to do underhand things she should change her bonnet and cloak.
- Extract from : « The Bishop's Secret » by Fergus Hume
Synonyms for underhand
- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- double-crossing
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the QT
- on the quiet
- secret
- secretive
- shady
- shifty
- slippery
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- two-timing
- under wraps
- undercover
- underhanded
- unethical
- unfair
- unjust
- unscrupulous
- wily
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