'Undertone' definitions:
Definition of 'undertone'
(from WordNet)
noun
A quiet or hushed tone of voice; "spoke in undertones"
noun
A subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning [syn: undertone, undercurrent]
noun
A pale or subdued color [syn: undertone, tinge]
Definition of 'Undertone'
From: GCIDE
- Undertone \Un"der*tone`\, n. A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'undertone'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affective meaning,
- air,
- allegory,
- allusion,
- arcane meaning,
- aspiration,
- assumption,
- atmosphere,
- aura,
- bated breath,
- bearing,
- breath,
- breathy voice,
- climate,
- coloration,
- coloring,
- connotation,
- consequence,
- denotation,
- drift,
- effect,
- essence,
- exhalation,
- extension,
- feel,
- feeling,
- force,
- gist,
- grammatical meaning,
- hint,
- idea,
- impact,
- implication,
- implied meaning,
- import,
- inference,
- innuendo,
- intension,
- intimation,
- ironic suggestion,
- lexical meaning,
- literal meaning,
- little voice,
- low voice,
- meaning,
- metaphorical sense,
- milieu,
- mumble,
- mumbling,
- murmur,
- murmuration,
- murmuring,
- mutter,
- muttering,
- note,
- nuance,
- occult meaning,
- overtone,
- pertinence,
- pith,
- point,
- practical consequence,
- presumption,
- presupposition,
- purport,
- quality,
- range of meaning,
- real meaning,
- reference,
- referent,
- relation,
- relevance,
- rumor,
- scope,
- semantic cluster,
- semantic field,
- sense,
- sigh,
- significance,
- signification,
- significatum,
- signifie,
- soft voice,
- span of meaning,
- spirit,
- stage whisper,
- still small voice,
- structural meaning,
- subsense,
- subsidiary sense,
- substance,
- suggestion,
- sum,
- sum and substance,
- supposition,
- susurration,
- susurrus,
- symbolic meaning,
- symbolism,
- tenor,
- tinge,
- tone,
- totality of associations,
- touch,
- transferred meaning,
- unadorned meaning,
- underbreath,
- undercurrent,
- undermeaning,
- value,
- whisper,
- whispering