Crossword-Solution: UNDERCURRENT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Undercurrent | n. | A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface. |
| Undercurrent | 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. |
| Undercurrent | a. | Running beneath the surface; hidden. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “UNDERCURRENT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| a current below the upper currents or surface | 1 answer |
| Subdued emotional quality contrary to the prevailing atmosphere | 1 answer |
| Hidden force. | 1 answer |
| FLOWING beneath surface or upper current | 1 answer |
| CURRENT flowing beneath surface or upper current | 1 answer |
| undertow | 11 answers |
| latency | 17 answers |
| tide | 49 answers |
| Urge | 65 answers |
| Activity | 66 answers |
| Craving | 69 answers |
| Weight | 70 answers |
| Use | 73 answers |
| Significance | 77 answers |
| "Want ___?" | 79 answers |
| Flow | 90 answers |
| Worry | 99 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RETEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with UNDERCURRENT (5)
And the nature of the contact is threatening, not directly, perhaps, but the undercurrent leaves no doubt that the caller is not your best friend.
But beneath the visible incidents resulting from Lucius Harney's arrival there ran an undercurrent as mysterious and potent as the influence that makes the forest break into leaf before the ice is off the pools.
Hudson, that undercurrent of reproach and bitterness toward himself, that impertinent implication that he had defrauded her of happiness.
Her great gloomy eyes and her dark face seemed to work with some undercurrent of feeling; she sighed deeply, and occasionally broke out,-- "O Lord! O Lord! Oh, the tears, an' the groans, an' the moans! O Lord!" I should have said that she was accompanied by a little grandson of ten years,--the fattest, jolliest woolly-headed little specimen of Africa that one can imagine.
All through that day of activity, of strenuous business, the minute and cautious planning of the final campaign in the great war of the League and the Trust, the idea of her and the recollection of her had been the undercurrent of his thoughts.
Quotes with UNDERCURRENT (3)
Shame is the undercurrent that keeps you living in the belief that you are unworthy of all the bounty life has to offer. Somewhere along the way, we have internalized the belief that we are - in our deepest selves - defective and wrong. Shame is not a natural emotion. Babies aren’t born feeling shame. We manufacture it within ourselves, as punishment for not adhering to the norms of society…Just for today, see what it feels like to open those clenched fists - that clenched he…
White folks have controlled New Orleans with money and guns, black folks have controlled it with magic and music, and although there has been a steady undercurrent of mutual admiration, an intermingling of cultures unheard of in any other American city, South or North; although there has prevailed a most joyous and fascinating interface, black anger and white fear has persisted, providing the ongoing, ostensibly integrated fete champetre with volatile and sometimes violent idiosyncrasies.
Happiness is an undercurrent of sensitivity and leads a surreptitious life: it is an internal eventuality. We can feel it in stillness and it stands the test of time. Joy is an eruption of cheerful moments and we want to express it: it is an external eventuality. We might shout it out, as it conveys a dynamic of fleeting instants. Joy gives voice to “en-joy-ment”. ("The grass was greener over there")
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1965).