undercurrent
IPA: ˈʌndɝkɝʌnt
noun
- A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.
- (figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed.
verb
- (transitive, also figuratively) To flow under some surface.
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Examples of "undercurrent" in Sentences
- The device measured the undercurrent of the sea.
- There is a darker cutural undercurrent to the area.
- The song has an obvious religious undercurrent to it.
- There is a dark, deep and sad undercurrent in the movie.
- A more subtle undercurrent in Seascape is the idea of alienation.
- Pyne detects an undercurrent of embarrassment within the discussion.
- The lightness of narrative style disguises an undercurrent of poignance.
- The image captures the undercurrent of moral brutality of Lorimer's world.
- It's one of the most dangerous because of the undercurrent but not the biggest.
- In the denouement, Poirot reveals the main emotional undercurrents of the story.
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