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underwhelmed
adjective /ˌʌn.dəˈwelmd/
/-dɚ-/ humorousDefinition
› feeling no excitement about or admiration for something or someone: I get the feeling that the staff are distinctly underwhelmed by John's latest proposal.Bore and bored
(Definition of underwhelmed adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- banal adjective
- be stuck in a groove idiom
- bore the ass off sb idiom
- bore verb (FAIL TO INTEREST)
- bored adjective
- bored stiff idiom
- fed up adjective
- get itchy feet idiom
- go off the boil idiom
- in a rut idiom
- languid adjective
- listless adjective
- pall verb
- suck verb (BE BAD)
- tire of sth/sb phrasal verb
- tired adjective (NOT INTERESTING)
- underemployed adjective
- uninspired adjective
- weary verb
- you should get out more idiom
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