Undertow Definition

ŭndər-tō
noun
A current of water moving beneath and in a different direction from that of the surface water.
Webster's New World
A tendency, especially in thought or feeling, contrary to what seems the strongest.
American Heritage

(by extension) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.

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Synonyms:
verb

To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.

Wiktionary
To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
Wiktionary

(intransitive) To flow or behave as an undertow.

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Other Word Forms of Undertow

Noun

Singular:
undertow
Plural:
undertows

Origin of Undertow

  • From under- +"Ž tow.

    From Wiktionary

Undertow Sentence Examples

  • It is there when I enter a classroom and feel the undertow into which I have jumped.

  • And beneath it all is a dark undertow of family dislocation, fear of the unknown and protection of one's own.

  • And beneath it all is a dark undertow of family dislocation, fear of the unknown and protection of one 's own.

  • She was soon hired to play, the daughter of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone in Cold Creek Manor (2003), and to play Lila in Undertow (2004) opposite Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas and Jamie Bell.

  • This genre of literature, fusing so many modes of inquiry and imagination, has a political undertow - even a political purpose.

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Words Starting With

UUNUND

Words Ending With

WOWTOW

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Words Starting With U and Ending With W

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