I don't like the apologetic undertone of this article.
Source: tatoeba (3305715)
Undertone
//ˈʌndə(ɹ)təʊn//
Synonyms for "undertone" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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
Noun(3 words)
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1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
21 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- подтекст noun (implied meaning)
- полуглас noun (auditory tone)
- полутон noun (colour)
Esperanto
1 entries- subtono noun (colour)
French
2 entries- nuance noun (colour)
- sous-entendu noun (implied meaning)
German
2 entries- Beigeschmack noun (implied meaning)
- Unterton noun (implied meaning)
Māori
1 entries- whakakōingoingo verb (say or utter in an undertone)
Romanian
4 entries- semiton noun (auditory tone)
- subînțeles noun (implied meaning)
- ton reținut noun (auditory tone)
- ton slab noun (auditory tone)
Russian
4 entries- нюа́нс noun (colour)
- отте́нок noun (colour)
- подте́кст noun (implied meaning)
- полуто́н noun (colour)
Spanish
2 entries- infratono noun (implied meaning)
- subtono noun (implied meaning)
Swedish
1 entries- underton noun (implied meaning)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
There was a pervasive nasty undertone in their writings.
Source: tatoeba (8657129)
His warm undertone means that he can pull of gold jewlery.
Source: tatoeba (11535808)
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.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.