Meaning of the word undertone in English

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undertone

US /ˈʌn.dɚ.toʊn/
UK /ˈʌn.dɚ.toʊn/

Noun

1.

a particular but not obvious characteristic that a piece of writing or speech, an event, or a situation has:

Example:
I thought her speech had slightly sinister undertones.
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