UNDERDOG

underdog

(noun) one at a disadvantage and expected to lose

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

underdog (plural underdogs)

A competitor thought unlikely to win.

Synonym: little guy

Somebody at a disadvantage.

A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.

Antonyms

• favourite, favorite

• sure bet

• safe bet

• top dog

Anagrams

• grounded, undergod

Source: Wiktionary



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24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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