Grade 7
(un-der-scor-ing) 4 syllables

Definition

verb. and
noun. 1 to emphasize by or as if by drawing a line beneath 2 to draw a line or lines underneath written text; underline

Example Sentence

She marked the words wrong by underscoring them.

Synonyms

accent; accentuate; emphasize; highlight

Antonyms

normal text with no emphasis

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

underscoring
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • boring
  • coring
  • doehring
  • doring
  • flooring
  • goehring
  • goring
  • kohring
  • loring
  • moehring
  • mohring
  • moring
  • poring
  • pouring
  • roaring
  • scoring
  • shoring
  • snoring
  • soaring
  • storing
  • warring

  • adoring
  • deploring
  • exploring
  • ignoring
  • imploring
  • outpouring
  • restoring

  • underscoring