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overtone

noun as in implication, hint

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Croft’s basic personality and backstory remained in place, but it had a darker, more brooding overtone.

Today, her phrase “birth control” suggests overtones of control by the state or others, and is no longer commonly used.

There were racial overtones to that kind of perception of the ingredient.

Space started as a duopoly as the United States and the Soviet Union vied for supremacy in a geopolitical contest with loud military overtones.

Gender boundaries were rigidly policed, at times with moral overtones, and the social pressures laid upon men and women were very real.

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I know this is the word used in English but “Holocaust” has a sacrificial overtone that is unbearable to me.

Since this is a law of vibration, it is unscientific to speak of giving an overtone, for all tones contain overtones.

Impassioned it continued, and yet with the overtone of a great pity and tenderness now vibrating through it.

But now quiet, save for an undescribable, whispering overtone that seemed to permeate the air.

In any overtone, the number of the parts or vibrating segments of the string is one more than the number of the overtone.

And the tinkle of myriad glass wind bells held a maddening overtone.

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On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overtone, such as: connotation, flavor, meaning, nuance, tone, and undercurrent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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