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Undercurrent

Undercurrent Meaning & Definition
Undercurrent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Undercurrent?

[n] subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
[n] a current below the surface of a fluid

Synonyms | Synonyms for Undercurrent: undertide | undertone

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See Also | current | meaning | sea purse | sea puss | sea-poose | sea-purse | sea-puss | stream | substance | tide | undertow

Undercurrent In Webster's Dictionary

\Un"der*cur`rent\, n. 1. A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface. --Totten. 2. Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner. All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her. --G. Eliot.
\Un"der*cur`rent\, a. Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.] ``Undercurrent woe.'' --Tennyson.

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