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Subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance
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undertone
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1762, "low or subdued tone," from under + tone (n.). Figurative sense of "undercurrent of feelings, etc.," is attested from 1861.
Wikipedia
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Undertone is a digital advertising company founded in 2002, initially as a subsidiary of Intercept Interactive , a digital media buying company. In December 2015, Undertone was acquired by Israeli software making company Perion Network for a fee of $180 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a story with racist undertones ▪ There was an unmistakable undertone of nationalist resentment in many of their remarks. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A pleasant floral aroma with woody undertones this tasted like a very dry ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a quiet or hushed tone of voice; "spoke in undertones" subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning [syn: undercurrent ] a pale or subdued color [syn: tinge ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 an auditory tone of low pitch or volume 2 an implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, verbal dialogue or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent ...
Usage examples of undertone.
Cerryl wondered at the slightly bitter undertone, suspecting he knew all too well to what Beryal referred.
But for now, she moved to the East, where a censer released faint wisps of an incense that tugged at the senses, its undertone just slightly different from the usual liturgical blend.
When Hobgood hesitated, Sheff nudged him with the revolver muzzle, whereupon the inventor began to talk in a wheezy undertone.
And towards midnight, while they were chatting together in undertones, they were suddenly stupefied at hearing Seraphine raise her voice, after preserving silence for three hours.
Its companions conversed amongst themselves, laughingin throatless undertones as they went along.
Down into the sea sank the sun, tinting the vast horizon with flakes of crimson, and touching with rich deep undertones the tossing waters of the Scheldt.
Was her spiritual power, which was unclogged by any grosser sense than that of hearing, conscious of some terrible undertone of impending trouble?
Each galaxy was a harmonic undertone to the operatic whole which sang thunderously and unheeded to the unsentient darkness.
The ship had been rife with increasingly lurid speculations in avid undertones as we had sailed to Carif and I recalled Naldeth had been the source of some of the wilder tales of turbulent adventure and limitless wealth, far removed from the truths of life as a sword for hire, as Aiten had told it to me.
It was good to be back in that calm, purposeful, well-ordered world, where an atmosphere of assured competence prevailed and questions of life and death were discussed in cool, measured undertones.
He had spoken quickly, and in a low undertone that the Cheng family had not heard.
At first William and Chloris stared out through the windows and spoke in undertones.
But it takes something more than garish action with homoerotic undertones to hold my interest for two long hours.
It was to be something along the lines of the Rubaiyat, but without the gentle melancholy and bitter undertone of that hedonistic masterwork.
There was a curious lurking sardonicism in the words, an undertone of mockery.