Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underlook

/ˈʌndɚlʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-look
IPA: /ˈʌndɚlʊk/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A concealed or oblique glance.

verb

To look up at from below; to inspect from underneath.

Transitive verb

verb

To fail to notice or give due importance to, especially because one is notionally looking too low (found in complement with overlook, as if it meant "to fail to notice because one is looking too high").

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] exultingly cried Lord Carhampton, stealing an underlook at Maurice O'Driscoll, whom ^([sic]) he knew was wont to boast of his Milesian lineage; […]"
"[…] rubbing his hands busily, rocking back and forth with one foot in front of the other, his head down but watching Watson with an underlook that was very arrogant, cocky, […]"
"They would be Shepherds and feed his Sheep, and anoint them for the Scab, and underlook them."
"Upon a rough table-ledge, they came to it at last; the place where they could lean in between the trees, and overlook and underlook the shining tumult [of the waterfall]."
"[…]they would be Shepherds and feed his Sheep, and anoint them for the Scab, and underlook them, but not worry them, nor destroy them[…]"
"On this occasion at the Mamounia in Marrakesh, we occupied a room underlooking the garden — yes, 'underlooking', for we were just below ground level in a room with a wall that sloped outwards and up to a reinforced glass ceiling."

Etymology

From Middle English underloken (“look up at? be suspicious of?”), equivalent to under- + look.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under
Root: underloken

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈʌndɚlʊk/
British English: /ˈʌndəlʊk/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

underlooks (plural) underlooks (present, singular) underlooking (participle, present) underlooked (participle, past) underlooked (past)

Antonyms

overlook

Questions

How do you pronounce underlook?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndɚlʊk/.
What does underlook mean?: A concealed or oblique glance.
Where does underlook come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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