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underhand
adjective as in deceitful
Strong match
Weak matches
- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- double-crossing
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- secret
- secretive
- shady
- shifty
- slippery
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- two-timing
- under wraps
- undercover
- unethical
- unfair
- unjust
- unscrupulous
- wily
Example Sentences
"We think bruises are the problem but underhand psychological violence is the issue in many situations," she said.
Right now, there is: Intrigue, plotting, phone calls, quiet chats, guesswork and claims of underhand tactics.
As he was leaving the field, a frustrated López hoisted his glove high into the air with an underhand toss.
"It makes me feel very sad, I trust everybody and I don't expect people to steal things or be underhand," she added.
The eve of the election is known as Devil’s Night when candidates and their campaign teams are notorious for resorting to underhand means to skew results in their favor such as by buying votes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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