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UNDERACT
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they underact ... he / she / it underacts
Past simple: underacted
Past participle: underacted
-ing form: underacting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act (a role) with great restraint
Synonyms:
underact; underplay
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
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)
