English

Noun

underlook ‎(plural underlooks)

1. a suspicious or critical look; scowl, leer

   • 1973, Jack Kerouac, Visions of Cody, New Directions, ISBN 0140179070:

     … rubbing his hands busily, rocking back and forth with one foot in front of the other, his head down but watching Watson with an underlook that was very arrogant, cocky, ...

Verb

underlook ‎(third-person singular simple present underlooks, present participle underlooking, simple past and past participle underlooked)

1. to be suspicious or mistrustful of

   • 1906, Elmer W. Cavins, Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois, Reprint edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2007:

     _Suspect._ To _'underlook_; to imagine or infer that appearances misrepresent; hence one who _suspects_ is inclined to _look beneath_ the surface.

2. to look under something
3. To miss because one is looking too low.
4. to look intently at or into, scrutinize, inspect
5. To not give due worth or respect to.

Antonyms

• overlook