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Definitions

underbelly

[uhn-der-bel-ee] / ˈʌn dərˌbɛl i /
NOUN
bottom
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basement bed floor ground seat underside
STRONG
base basis bedrock depths foot footing groundwork nadir pedestal pediment rest substratum substructure support
WEAK
deepest part lowest part nether portion terra firma underneath
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ceiling
STRONG
top
WEAK
exteriority outside
NOUN
chink in one's armor
Synonyms
WEAK
Achilles' heel failing foible frailty shortcoming soft spot vulnerable place weak link weak side weakness
NOUN
undersurface
Synonyms
STRONG
base basement basis bed bedrock belly depths floor foot footing ground groundwork nadir pedestal pediment rest seat sole substratum substructure support underside
WEAK
deepest part lowest part nether portion terra firma underneath
Antonyms
STRONG
annex ceiling top

Example Sentences

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And while Congress, Europe and law may hold no terrors for our president, we all know ridicule hits him in his soft, white underbelly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

But researchers now have what they believe to be the most complete, detailed map of that underbelly ever made.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

The cloak of invincibility that Liverpool carried last season has been replaced by a soft - very soft - underbelly.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

But those earnings have an ugly underbelly: ever-bigger losses at the generative AI startups that spend big on chips and data centers supplied by the profitable public companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Papa turned onto the dirt road, and soon I heard the screech-screech-screech of the low underbelly of the Mercedes scraping the bumpy, sun-baked dirt road.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.