I don't like the apologetic undertone of this article.
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Undertone
/ˈʌndə(ɹ)təʊn/
Synonyms for "undertone" (123 found)
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Noun(3 words)
affective meaningairallegoryallusionarcane meaningaspirationassociateassumptionatmosphereaurabated breathbearingbreathbreathy voiceclimatecolorationcoloringconnotationconsequencedenotation
Strong matches (37)
Related words (61)
occult meaningovertonepertinencepithpointpractical consequencepresumptionpresuppositionpurportqualityrange of meaningreal meaningreferencereferentrelationrelevancerumorscopesemantic clustersemantic field
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senseshadesighsignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesoft voicespan of meaningspiritstage whisperstill small voicestructural meaningsubsensesubsidiary sensesubstancesuggestionsumsum and substancesuppositionsusurrationsusurrussymbolic meaningsymbolismtenortingetonetotality of associationstouchtransferred meaningunadorned meaningunderbreathundercurrentundermeaningvaluewhisperwhispering
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6 entrieslow frequency componentmelancholy undertonemoral undertonepolitical undertoneracial undertonesubharmonic
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6 entriesbackground undertonelow tonemoral undertonepolitical undertoneracial undertonesubtle undertone
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14 total sentences available.
There was a pervasive nasty undertone in their writings.
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His warm undertone means that he can pull of gold jewlery.
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Did he and his master converse? Watt had never heard them do so, as he surely would have done, if they had done so. In an undertone perhaps. Yes, perhaps they conversed in undertones, the master and the servant, in two undertones, the master's undertone, the servant's undertone.
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