undercurrent
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Is undercurrent a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed.Examples: "The meeting was pervaded with an undercurrent of dread, as the managers tried not to admit that firings were looming."; "All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her, like the thought of a man who keeps up a dialogue while he is considering how he can slip away."; "Voltaire showed little respect for any conventionality which did not command his acquiescence; yet it may be doubted whether an undercurrent of affectation does not more or less mar the effect of everything he has written."Synonyms: subcurrent, subtextfiguratively
verb (English)
1. (transitive, also figuratively) To flow under some surface.Examples: "The latter are stoically steady, impervious to the nervousness that still continues to undercurrent the Stock Exchange generally, despite an all-round rally."; "Her lips hardly moving, every feature steady, she undercurrented my narrative with ejaculations in French, Russian, Italian."; "The emotions undercurrenting the command left her with no doubt that he planned to do as he said."alsofigurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary