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UNDERACT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does underact mean?
• UNDERACT (verb)
The verb UNDERACT has 1 sense:
1. act (a role) with great restraint
Familiarity information: UNDERACT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they underact ... he / she / it underacts
Past simple: underacted
Past participle: underacted
-ing form: underacting
... he / she / it underacts Past simple: underacted
Past participle: underacted
-ing form: underacting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act (a role) with great restraint
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
underact; underplay
Hypernyms (to "underact" is one way to...):
act; play; playact; roleplay (perform on a stage or theater)
Domain category:
dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
overact (exaggerate one's acting)
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