UNDERWHELM


Meaning of UNDERWHELM in English

/un'deuhr hwelm", -welm"/ , v.t. Informal.

to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.

[ 1945-50; UNDER- + (OVER)WHELM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .