underbelly
/ˈʌndəbɛli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈʌndəbɛli/
underbelly
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
un - der - bel - ly -> underbelly
Myanmar meaning
တိရိစ္ဆာန်၊ ယာဉ်၏ ဝမ်းဗိုက်မျက်နှာပြင် ( တိုက်ခိုက်ရန် အကောင်းဆုံးနေရာ )။
Full entry
underbelly / 'ʌndǝbeli / n [sing]
၁။ ပျော့ကွက်။ အားနည်းချက်။ The trade deficit remains the soft underbelly of the US economy.
၂။ (လူ့) တိရစ္ဆာန်များ။ murderers, rapists and the rest of humanity's dark underbelly.
More examples
- ‘The most common color is dark brown - slightly brighter on the underbelly than the dorsal surface.’
- ‘The birds are also known as ‘ghost’ owls for the white face and underbelly feathers that are visible as they fly overhead.’
- ‘Anyway, the North American variety are in the genus Macrobdella, very pretty leeches, sort of an olive colour with a red underbelly and red polka dots going down the back.’
- ‘The feathers on its underbelly lightly brushed the lily pads on the surface.’
- ‘Color is variable and can range from jet black dorsally with a lighter underbelly to a uniform light gray.’
- ‘Their feet have very big, sharp claws they use to ‘rip’ the underbellies of larger animals.’
- ‘Her lithe body whipped around, talons slicing throats and underbellies as she attacked relentlessly.’
- ‘His friend's skin had mottled with rage and his lips were white like the underbelly of a fish.’
- ‘Her body was so perfectly counter-shaded in the soft starlight that even the pure white of her underbelly merged into the picture.’
- ‘Ruffs and britches disappeared long ago, and there isn't much to distinguish a Balinese from a Siamese today except a wispy fringe on the underbelly and a meek plume of a tail.’
- ‘It claims the party's policy underbelly is economic risk, cuts to public services and charges for hospital operations.’
- ‘Back in harness after spells together at Newcastle and with England, the pair aim to inject more steel into a side that is beginning to earn the reputation of having a soft underbelly.’
- ‘Methinks they've shown their soft underbelly.’
- ‘By hijacking the legitimate connection to a traditional wired computer network, hackers might be able to exploit the soft underbelly of corporate networks and launch even more invasive attacks.’
- ‘Was Georgia a wholesome, egalitarian Utopia or an expedient way to harden the soft underbelly of the Southern colonies?’
- ‘And these people shrewdly, you know, found what would be in temporal terms the soft underbelly of the American media.’
- ‘No one thought their forwards would prove to be their soft underbelly.’
- ‘He can't win, his weak-as-water hesitations and obvious discomfort over the whole affair has exposed his soft underbelly to the electorate and they will probably tear at him like sharks for it.’
- ‘The stock market plunge has slashed at the soft underbelly of the giant insurance companies and pension funds.’
- ‘Her questions were quick as a flash, like a salesman's flow chart, until she got the punters vulnerable underbelly.’
Synonyms
Achilles' heel, base, basement, basis, bed, bedrock, belly, bottom, deepest part, depths, failing, floor, foible, foot, footing, foundation, frailty, ground, groundwork, lowest part, nadir, nether portion, pedestal, pediment, rest, seat, shortcoming, soft spot, sole, substratum, substructure, support, terra firma, underneath, underside, vulnerable place, weak link, weak point, weak side, weakness
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