UNDERTOW
Dictionary entry overview: What does undertow mean? • UNDERTOW (noun)
The noun UNDERTOW has 2 senses:
1. an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
2. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
Familiarity information: UNDERTOW used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNDERTOW (noun)
Meaning:
An inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Context example:
his account had a poignant undertow of regret
Hypernyms ("undertow" is a kind of...):
inclination (that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking)
Meaning:
The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
sea purse; sea puss; sea-poose; sea-purse; sea-puss; undertow
Hypernyms ("undertow" is a kind of...):
undercurrent; undertide (a current below the surface of a fluid)
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