Crossword-Solution: UNDERTONES
We have 6 clues for the answer “UNDERTONES”
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| Pale or subdued colors | 1 answer |
| Subdued qualities | 1 answer |
| Things that perceptive people might pick up | 1 answer |
| Nuances | 6 answers |
| Where this is? | 8 answers |
| burble | 20 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with UNDERTONES (5)
Hacker slang is unusually rich in implications of this kind, of overtones and undertones that illuminate the hackish psyche.
Outside the noises of the street rose to the windows in muffled undertones, a cable car rumbled past, a newsboy went by chanting the evening papers; from somewhere in the building itself came a persistent noise of sawing.
Balder Plowden--a tall, heavily-built youth, with enormous shoulders and thick, hard hands, and pale straw-coloured hair and brows and eyelashes--had amiably sauntered beside him, and was elucidating for his benefit now, in slow, halting undertones, some unfathomable mystery connected with the varying attitude of two distinct breeds of terriers toward rats.
They were of all ages, from boys of sixteen to men of forty; some were talking to one another in undertones, but most were silent; and when he took up his place those around him gave him a look of hostility.
That's why you stayed down so long." Susan smiled into the darkness of the auditorium--the curtain was up, and they were talking in undertones.
Quotes with UNDERTONES (3)
Christopher heard a pair of women gossiping nearby, whispering in disapproving undertones. "... Ramsey was found flirting in a corner with a woman. They had to drag him away from her." "Who was it?" "His own wife." "Oh, dear.
Sexual distortions carry strong undertones of prejudice — sexism, racism and homophobia — that rob individuals of their individuality. Common stereotypes include “men are all dogs,” “women are less interested in sex,” “gays are promiscuous,” certain races are frigid or hung, and certain sex acts are indulgent, effeminate, or immoral. Other distortions clearly function as tools of organizations or of religious or political figures to shape public opinion through dogma and to control their followers’ lives.
I would go to cosmetics counters and buy two or three foundations and powders, and then go home and mix them before I came up with something suitable for my undertones.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1974–2024).