Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underbreath

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-breath
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Under one's breath; inaudibly or in a barely audible manner.

adj

Vocalized under one's breath.

noun

An utterance made so as not to be heard by most people in the area.

Example Sentences

"Muttering curses underbreath, he jabs the beast sharply with his training stick ; the elephant is hairy and it, like the clown, is ignoble."
"The name, Night Stalker, seemed to find favor with Bo who repeated it underbreath several times."
"Here, on the contrary, we murmur underbreath."
"Aleck gave a low, underbreath whistle."
"No one laughed out loud, but the smiles and underbreath chuckles added to their discomfort."
"I got underbreath compliments from people in reference to my singing, but none of them wanted to know me."

Etymology

From under- + breath.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Inflected Forms

more underbreath (comparative) most underbreath (superlative) underbreaths (plural)

Questions

What does underbreath mean?: Under one's breath; inaudibly or in a barely audible manner.
Where does underbreath come from?: From under- + breath.

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