9 Letter Words for Undermine
undermine, unermined
8 Letter Words for Undermine
undermen, undernim, unreined
7 Letter Words for Undermine
dunnier, ennuied, erineum, ermined, eumenid, inurned, meindre, minuend, neurine, reindue, unireme, unmined, unmired, unrimed, uredine
6 Letter Words for Undermine
demure, denier, diener, dinner, diurne, dunner, durene, edirne, emured, endrin, endure, enruin, ermine, eundem, indene, indure, inured, medine, meined, mender, minden, minder, murein, murine, nemine, nemned, nereid, nerine, nerium, neurin, numine, reined, remeid, remend, remind, renied, renned, ruined, undern, undine, unmind, unrein, unride, unrind, ureide, urined
5 Letter Words for Undermine
demur, denim, diene, dimer, diner, diurn, drinn, dunne, duree, eider, eimer, emden, emend, emure, ender, endue, eneid, ennui, erned, inerm, inned, inner, inrun, inure, inurn, irene, mened, merde, mered, meuni, mined, miner, mired, mudee, mudir, mured, murid, needn, neume, niner, nuder, nudie, numen, redue, remen, remue, rendu, renin, renne, reune, riden, rimed, rudie, rumen, runed, undee, unden, under, undim, unred, unrid, urdee, ureid, urine, urned
4 Letter Words for Undermine
deem, deen, deer, deme, demi, dene, deni, dere, derm, dern, diem, dier, dime, dine, dire, dree, drie, drum, duer, duim, dune, durn, eden, eide, eine, eire, emer, emeu, emir, ende, ened, ered, erie, erin, erme, erne, eure, idee, idem, idun, inde, indn, inne, ired, iure, mede, meed, meer, mein, mend, mene, menu, merd, mere, meri, mide, midn, mien, mind, mine, mird, mire, muid, muir, mund, muni, mure, need, neem, neer, nein, nemn, nene, nerd, neum, nide, nied, nine, nude, nurd, rede, reed, reem, reen, reim, rein, rend, renn, ride, riem, rime, rimu, rind, rine, rude, rued, ruen, ruin, rume, rund, rune, unde, unie, urde, urim
3 Letter Words for Undermine
dee, dei, dem, den, der, die, dim, din, dir, due, dui, dum, dun, dur, een, eer, eir, eme, emu, end, ene, erd, ere, ern, ide, imu, ind, inn, ire, iud, med, mee, mei, men, mer, meu, mid, min, mir, mrd, mri, mud, mun, ned, nee, nei, nid, nie, nim, nne, num, nun, nur, red, ree, rei, rem, rid, rie, rim, rin, rnd, rud, rue, rum, run, ume, uni, unn, urd, ure, urn
Definitions for Undermine
[1] to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
[2] to attack by indirect, secret, or underhand means; attempt to subvert by stealth.
[3] to make an excavation under; dig or tunnel beneath, as a military stronghold.
[4] to weaken or cause to collapse by removing underlying support, as by digging away or eroding the foundation.
[5] (of the sea, wind, etc) to wear away the bottom or base of (land, cliffs, etc)
[6] to weaken gradually or insidiously their insults undermined her confidence
[7] to tunnel or dig beneath
Words related to Undermine
undercut, erode, frustrate, wreck, subvert, blunt, ruin, cripple, hurt, impair, thwart, threaten, sap, sabotage, torpedo, foil, tunnel, debilitate, attenuate, dig
Words nearby Undermine
underling, underlit, underlying, undermanned, undermentioned, undermine, undermining ulcer, undermodulate, undermost, underneath, undernourish
Origin of Undermine
First recorded in 1300–50, undermine is from the Middle English word underminen. See under-, mine2
Other words from Undermine
un·der·min·er , noun
un·der·min·ing·ly , adverb
Synonyms for Undermine
blunt, cripple, erode, frustrate, hurt, impair, ruin, sabotage, sap, subvert, threaten, thwart, torpedo, undercut, wreck, attenuate, corrode, debilitate, dig, disable, enfeeble, excavate, foil, mine, sandbag, soften, tunnel, wear, clip one's wings, dig out, eat away, hollow out, knock the bottom out of, poke full of holes, whittle away
