underhander
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One whose personality inclines toward taking revenge by underhand means.
Example Sentences
- "Not that the fast underhanders which were bowled before this innovation could be treated with indifference."
- "He was a good pitcher, an underhander with good control."
- "Then there are the underhanders, who seldom take responsibility for their anger but try to place the anger in hurtful ways on others. Sarcasm, lack of punctuality, pouting, sexual acting out, and academic underachieving are examples of this underhanded anger."
Etymology
From underhand + -er.