undertones

The practice was initially met with resistance because of its feudal undertones, but eventually it gained traction by the late 19th century, particularly in the hospitality and restaurant industries.

“You will not be thinking about abortion” may have even more sinister undertones.

Perhaps luckily for these companies, coffee can have many different undertones.

She was dropped as the face of a Scottish government health campaign and admitted the tweets had "terrible, horrific undertones".

“The Chronicles of Narnia” fits into that genre as an epic tale with Christian undertones about a magical world and the four siblings who discover and rule it as kings and queens.