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Synonyms for underdog

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uhn-der-dawg, -dog
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌn dərˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg

Définition of underdog

Origin :
  • "the beaten dog in a fight," 1887, from under + dog (n.). Cf. top dog "dominant person in a situation or hierarchy."
  • I'm a poor underdogBut tonight I will barkWith the great OverdogThat romps through the dark.[from "Canis Major," Robert Frost, 1928]
  • noun unlikely winner in a contest or struggle
Example sentences :
  • You know, it's quite all right to give the underdog a hand, but only one hand.
  • Extract from : « A Slave is a Slave » by Henry Beam Piper
  • But Gud did not hear the bark of the Underdog, for Gud was dead.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Gud » by Dan Spain
  • So Gud spoke comradely to the Underdog and the Underdog wagged cordially.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Gud » by Dan Spain
  • When the Underdog returned there followed at his heels a handsome Devil.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Gud » by Dan Spain
  • And we knew for the first time that a man may smile and smile and be an underdog.
  • Extract from : « Pieces of Hate » by Heywood Broun
  • Like communism, it needed to imagine a class war and felt that it had a tight vested monopoly of the underdog.
  • Extract from : « West Of The Sun » by Edgar Pangborn
  • So he arose and stamped out the smouldering embers of the fire he had builded, and whistled for the Underdog.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Gud » by Dan Spain
  • Then the Underdog licked his chops and Gud sighed, and together they departed from that place, very sorrowful that they had come.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Gud » by Dan Spain
  • Gud saw that nothing was being chased by something, which Gud recognized as the reflection of an Underdog.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Gud » by Dan Spain
  • Gud felt compassion for the Underdog and picked him up and nursed his wound, and the Underdog licked Gud's hands.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Gud » by Dan Spain

Antonyms for underdog

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