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UNDERACT

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

• UNDERACT (verb)

Sense 1

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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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