Usually means: Subtle, underlying qualities or themes.
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  1. undertones: Merriam-Webster
  2. undertones: Collins English Dictionary
  3. undertones: Vocabulary.com
  4. Undertones, undertones: Wordnik
  5. undertones: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. undertones: Wiktionary
  7. undertones: Dictionary.com
  8. undertones: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. The Undertones (album), The Undertones, Undertones: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. undertones: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. undertones: Encyclopedia

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  1. The Undertones: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See undertone as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (undertone)

noun:  An auditory tone of low pitch or volume.
noun:  An implicit message perceived subtly alongside, but not detracting noticeably from, the explicit message conveyed in or by a book, film, speech or similar (contrast with overtone); an undercurrent.
noun:  A pale colour, or one seen underneath another colour.
noun:  A low state of the physical faculties.
verb:  To accompany as an undertone.
verb:  To say or speak in an undertone.
verb:  To present as less important, noticeable or prominent.
▸ Also see undertone


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