underhanded

adjective

Marked by treachery or deceit: devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, guileful, indirect, lubricious, shifty, sneaky, underhand. See honest/dishonest.

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IN BRIEF: adj. - With hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level adj. - Marked by deception.

I'm surprised at Stephen agreeing to anything so underhanded. — yourdictionary.com

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For a list of words related to underhanded, see:

• Bad, False, Evil, Insincere, or Dishonest
• Secrecy and Concealment - underhanded: (adj) secretive or deceptive; sly; dishonest

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See words rhyming with "underhanded."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - under hånden, underhånds-, underbemandet, hemmelig, snigende, lumsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
clandestien, achterbaks, onderhands (bij balsporten), met te weinig personeel

Français (French)
adj. - sournois

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hinterhältig, heimlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ύπουλος

Italiano (Italian)
losco

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - secreto, clandestino

Русский (Russian)
тайный, закулисный, нуждающийся в рабочей силе, неукомлектованный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - poco limpio, secreto, clandestino, disimulado, solapado, escaso de mano de obra

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - underbemannad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
秘密的, 人手不足的, 卑劣的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 秘密的, 人手不足的, 卑劣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 비밀의, 공정치 못한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 人手不足の, 秘密の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خفي, ماكر, مخادع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חשאי, ערמומי, בוגדני‬

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