Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who undermines, saps, or excavates. Figuratively, one who clandestinely subverts or injures; one who secretly overthrows; a secret enemy: as, an underminer of the church.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who undermines.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
undermines .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word underminer.
Examples
-
The family was fine in the end with no real conflict (the underminer is no exception).
Pixar’s The Incredibles Coming to Playstation 3’s LBP | /Film 2010
-
If the Labour party get some balls and boot out the manipulating scheming, control freak “Idiot” CAUSE of this problem, the underminer of the police force, then we just may see a U turn, and a return to a degree of sense and sanity.
Welcome ‘Times’ Readers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
-
When the scheming underminer, King Saul, gives David the assignment of — yikes! — bringing back the foreskins of 100 Philistines, the future Jewish monarch does not merely meet the gruesome target number.
Does Peter Marks Have Castration Anxiety? « The Blog at 16th and Q 2008
-
Blame, as always, digital media — underminer of newspapers, magazines, music, movies, and television — for eroding our traditional notions of celebrity.
Fallen Stars 2007
-
Blame, as always, digital media — underminer of newspapers, magazines, music, movies, and television — for eroding our traditional notions of celebrity.
Fallen Stars 2007
-
Blame, as always, digital media — underminer of newspapers, magazines, music, movies, and television — for eroding our traditional notions of celebrity.
Fallen Stars 2007
-
Yes, she is a destroyer of freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and an underminer of justice.
I accuse Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach of anti-Christian bigotry - Ezra Levant 2008
-
Yes, she is a destroyer of freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and an underminer of justice.
-
Some people think that anyone who disagrees with the American invasion and occupation of Iraq is either a bleeding-heart liberal appeaser, a George W. Bush hater, a blame America firster, an underminer of the troops, a traitor, or a geopolitical naif.
-
The most proficient stuffer and underminer of those who don't agree with him ever to grace the unholy Portals of Conservative Central office.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.