Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to underwhelm
Participle: underwhelmed
Gerund: underwhelming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | underwhelm |
| you | underwhelm |
| he;she;it | underwhelms |
| we | underwhelm |
| you | underwhelm |
| they | underwhelm |
Perfect
| I | have underwhelmed |
| you | have underwhelmed |
| he;she;it | has underwhelmed |
| we | have underwhelmed |
| you | have underwhelmed |
| they | have underwhelmed |
Past
| I | underwhelmed |
| you | underwhelmed |
| he;she;it | underwhelmed |
| we | underwhelmed |
| you | underwhelmed |
| they | underwhelmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had underwhelmed |
| you | had underwhelmed |
| he;she;it | had underwhelmed |
| we | had underwhelmed |
| you | had underwhelmed |
| they | had underwhelmed |
Future
| I | will underwhelm |
| you | will underwhelm |
| he;she;it | will underwhelm |
| we | will underwhelm |
| you | will underwhelm |
| they | will underwhelm |
Future Perfect
| I | will have underwhelmed |
| you | will have underwhelmed |
| he;she;it | will have underwhelmed |
| we | will have underwhelmed |
| you | will have underwhelmed |
| they | will have underwhelmed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | underwhelm |
| you | underwhelm |
| he;she;it | underwhelm |
| we | underwhelm |
| you | underwhelm |
| they | underwhelm |
Perfect
| I | have underwhelmed |
| you | have underwhelmed |
| he;she;it | have underwhelmed |
| we | have underwhelmed |
| you | have underwhelmed |
| they | have underwhelmed |
Imperfect
| I | underwhelmed |
| you | underwhelmed |
| he;she;it | underwhelmed |
| we | underwhelmed |
| you | underwhelmed |
| they | underwhelmed |
Pluperfect
| I | had underwhelmed |
| you | had underwhelmed |
| he;she;it | had underwhelmed |
| we | had underwhelmed |
| you | had underwhelmed |
| they | had underwhelmed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would underwhelm |
| you | would underwhelm |
| he;she;it | would underwhelm |
| we | would underwhelm |
| you | would underwhelm |
| they | would underwhelm |
Perfect
| I | would have underwhelmed |
| you | would have underwhelmed |
| he;she;it | would have underwhelmed |
| we | would have underwhelmed |
| you | would have underwhelmed |
| they | would have underwhelmed |
Imperative
| you | underwhelm |
| we | Let's underwhelm |
| you | underwhelm |
Verbs conjugated like 'underwhelm'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'underwhelm'
overwhelm,
underfeel,
underheat,
underhew,
underhole,
undersell,
underween,
underwhip,
unwhelm,
underapply,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From under- + whelm: a humorous coinage by novel negation of overwhelm first recorded in the 1950s.
Verbs referencing "underwhelm"
German, old spelling
unterwältigen.
Sample Sentences
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The fact that I even mentioned YouTube in the same paragraph as the middling TV company ViacomCBS and Twitter … well, that says something about how YouTube has underwhelmed for some time. [2021 August 5, Shira Ovide, “YouTube Is Underwhelming”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]