stream that flows beneath the surface; concealed tendency or intention often opposed to the one outwardly displayed
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Undercurrent Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
(a.)
Running beneath the surface; hidden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutRunning beneath the surface; hidden.
undercurrent
\un"der*cur`rent\, a. running beneath the surface; hidden. [r.] "undercurrent woe."
undercurrent
\un"der*cur`rent\ (?), n.
1. a current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
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. eliot.
undercurrent
n
1. subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning [syn: undertone]
2. a current below the surface of a fluid [syn: undertide]
Noun
1. subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
(synonym) undertone
(hypernym) meaning, substance
2. a current below the surface of a fluid
(synonym) undertide
(hypernym) current, stream
(hyponym) undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose
(part-holonym) tide
Undercurrent Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Undercurrent may refer to:
- Undercurrent (1946 film), a film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Katharine Hepburn
- Undercurrent (2010 film), an Icelandic film, starring Gísli Örn Garðarsson
- Undercurrent (Kenny Drew album), a 1960 album by pianist Kenny Drew
- Undercurrent (Bill Evans and Jim Hall album), a 1963 album by pianist Bill Evans and guitarist Jim Hall
- Subsurface current, a current which flows beneath and usually independently of surface currents
- Undercurrent (newspaper), a Canadian newspaper in Bowen Island, British Columbia
- Undercurrent, a 1999 film starring Lorenzo Lamas
- Undercurrent (manga), a 2005 manga by Tetsuya Toyoda
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Undercurrent Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
A current, as of air or water, below another current or beneath the surface.
