Definition of underwhelm

underwhelm

verb - transitive

• to not impress. The opposite of "overwhelm".

  The movie underwhelmed the audience.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to be sad, disappointed.

  Last edited on Oct 13 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to be sad, disappointed':
drag	Definitions include: a person's story: what they would have you believe.
cut	Definitions include: annoyed, angry, upset, disappointed.
burst (one's) bubble	Definitions include: to disappoint.
feels	Definitions include: feelings such as sadness, longing, loss, melancholy.
bummage	Definitions include: used to denote general sorrow, despair, or disappointment.
boo	Definitions include: anything, in speech.
bummer days	Definitions include: phrase acknowledging or expressing sadness.
(one's) heart is crying	Definitions include: to be sad.
wreck	Definitions include: to severely beat up or injure.
sad panda	Definitions include: a sad person.
sour-puss	Definitions include: a frequently depressed person.
blargh	Definitions include: exclamation of unhappiness.
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
blues, the	Definitions include: sadness or depression.
torn down	Definitions include: very inebriated.
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dome-squash	Definitions include: the head.
copy that	Definitions include: to understand.
by George	Definitions include: general exclamation.
schmutz	Definitions include: an unpleasant, unidentified substance.
on (one's) nuts	Definitions include: Someone is on your case or pressuring you.
little guy	Definitions include: anything.
foot gun	Definitions include: a feature of a specific technology that makes it easy to shoot (one's self) in the foot.
lad mag	Definitions include: a men's magazine.
shovel-face	Definitions include: A girl so ugly she looks like she got hit with a shovel.
killthroat	Definitions include: cigarette.

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