Definitions for undertone

undertone un·der·tone

Spelling: [uhn-der-tohn]
IPA: /ˈʌn dərˌtoʊn/

Undertone is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 302 anagrams from letters in undertone (deennortu).

Definitions for undertone

noun

  1. a low or subdued tone:
  2. an unobtrusive or background sound:
  3. an underlying quality or element; undercurrent:
  4. a subdued color; a color modified by an underlying color.

Origin of undertone

First recorded in 1800-10; under- + tone

Examples for undertone

The undertone riffs off the “un-American” implications of the 2008 campaign directed at then-Sen.

All this was muttered in an undertone, not intended for the ear of the railway official.

"I will go with you quietly," he said to them, in an undertone.

Then, knowing Nani's history, he related it in an undertone.

They had been speaking in an undertone, standing together at a window, apart from the rest.

"That's Mrs. Wimby's husband," said the judge in an undertone.

I heard a whispered greeting and an undertone of conversation.

I heard then a sigh next to me that had an undertone not unlike a snarl.

A chattering and hurrying of people could be heard as an undertone.

"You can't truly say you're out, dear," counselled Edna, in an undertone.

Word Value for undertone
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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