under the skin
Beneath the dermis
Under the skin means beneath the surface, affecting someone deeply or personally.
Something that gets under your skin irritates or bothers you persistently, like a splinter you can't remove.
The phrase can also describe something that captivates or fascinates: That song really got under my skin.
To know someone under the skin is to understand them beyond appearances.
- beneathIn a lower position
- subcutaneousBelow the skin
- dermisLiving tissue under epidermis
- itchUrge to scratch
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
needle · injection · blood vessel · splinter · embedded · foreign body · irritation · prickling · sensation · creepy crawly · surface · penetrate · tattoo · vein · tissue · implant · parasite · burrow
under the skinon the surface
In apparent aspect only
superficial · skin-deep · surface-level · on the outside · external
under the skinsuperficial
Lacking depth or substance
skin-deep · shallow · surface-level · inconsequential · trivial