Usually means: Fail to meet expectations adequately.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. underwhelm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. underwhelm: Merriam-Webster
  3. underwhelm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. underwhelm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. underwhelm: Collins English Dictionary
  6. underwhelm: Wordnik
  7. underwhelm: Wiktionary
  8. underwhelm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. underwhelm: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. underwhelm: Dictionary.com
  11. underwhelm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. underwhelm: FreeDictionary.org
  13. underwhelm: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. underwhelm: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (underwhelm)

▸ verb:  To fail to impress; to perform disappointingly.

Similar:
underimpress, underawe, unimpress, disappoint, dissatisfy, underperform, displease, leave someone cold, fall flat, dismay, more...

Opposite:
overwhelm, impress, amaze, astonish, blow away
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Similar:
underimpress, underawe, unimpress, disappoint, dissatisfy, underperform, displease, leave someone cold, fall flat, dismay, more...

Opposite:
overwhelm, impress, amaze, astonish, blow away



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