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Definition of Undertone

Undertone

  1. A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.

Undertone Quotations

I mean, the idea of losing a parent is really inconceivable. I think there's just an undertone of dread about the subject, so people don't talk about it and don't prepare for it.
Laura Linney

I think you hear, at least as an undertone, and it's going to grow louder, is that we believe that capitalism is the mantra of the day and anything that creeps towards socialism is a problem.
Tim Scott

I'm sure every song has some kind of undertone of what I was going through with Chris. It was my life.
Deana Carter

There is a difference between a voyeur and a tender witness. Maybe I think the audience is more of a tender witness than a voyeur, which has a shady undertone.
Julia Leigh

Oddly enough, George Pal always began and ended something with The Bible. All his pictures had a religious undertone. God was always there, protecting us.
Ann Robinson
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Undertone Translations

undertone in German is Unterton, leiser Ton
undertone in Hungarian is halk hang
undertone in Spanish is voz baja

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