Synonym: murmur, whisper. Similar words: undertow, undertook, surrender to, undertake, under the sun, undertaker, undertaken, undertaking. Meaning: n. 1. a quiet or hushed tone of voice 2. a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning 3. a pale or subdued color.
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1. "What d'you think?" she asked in an undertone.
2. There was an undertone of sadness in her letter.
3. Freddie muttered something to me in an undertone.
4. 'I must leave now,' he said in an undertone.
5. His soft words contained an undertone of warning.
6. It was a comedy act with an undertone of cruelty.
7. There was an undertone of excitement among the passengers.
8. I pointed out to Sherlock in an undertone.
9. There was an unmistakable undertone of nationalist resentment in many of their remarks.
10. I love this scent. It has a powdery undertone.
11. There was an undertone of bitterness in his words.
12. He replied, laughing but with a undertone of regret.
13. She can always smell undertone of potions and hopelessness.
14. The sobbing voice had an undertone of anger.
15. Mrs. Fisher added in an undertone to Selden.
16. The king went on to himself in an undertone.
17. She felt the undertone - the real significance.
18. It was this profound and continual undertone that gave the clergyman his most appropriate power.
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20. Often with a strange kind of undertone, which is supposed to frighten us.
21. He still spoke in an undertone , but enunciated each word clearly and carefully.
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22. 'I don't think she's been told yet,'he said in an undertone.
23. 'Don't be too upset if he doesn't come,' said Drew in an undertone.
24. Her voice was breathless with bonhomie when she answered the telephone, with an undertone of throatiness that David found attractive.
25. He disregarded the Navigator's diminution of his name, perhaps sensing the undertone, this time, of almost fond indebtedness.
26. In the prevailing hush of the room, it had an especially clumsy ring, an undertone of impermanence.
27. His voice sank down to a steady and reproachful undertone.
28. The beer has been described as having a complex taste with citric, caramel and toffee flavours with an undertone of liquorice and aniseed.
29. Being careful not to up the mate, whose room was opposite, I spoke in an undertone.
30. "I rely on you, my dear, " said Anna Pavlovna, also in an undertone; "you write to her and tell me how the father will view the matter. Au revoir! "
More similar words: undertow, undertook, surrender to, undertake, under the sun, undertaker, undertaken, undertaking, under the weather, under the table, under the name of, under the guise of, under the pretext of, water under the bridge, under the circumstances, overtone, hypertonic, mother tongue, in order to, underground, underhanded, under consideration, underground railroad, under, sunder, bounder, founder, blunder, asunder, launder.