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• n  a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
• n  a current below the surface of a fluid

• Throughout the improbable spectacle of a White House pitted against a sitcom character and her real-life defenders, there was a serious undercurrent.
• He is a political creature, and I think that is an undercurrent in the movie.
• More candles were lit, more wreaths dropped on the steps, and an undercurrent of bitterness broke through the sadness.

• undertone
• undertide

News & Articles

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• Demanding, exhilarating 'Next to Normal' at Playhouse
  A rock musical about a family coping with mental illness may sound heavier than heavy metal. But Next to Normal infuses hope and an undercurrent of love into its powerful story about a mother with bi-polar disorder and those around her. The Erie Playhouse production of the Pulitzer Prize winner for drama continues for two more weekends.
  June 12, 2013 - Erie Times-News

Quotes

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• Brad Pitt in Forbes
  Pitt, 43, told Associated Press Television News: "I love the undercurrent of this film, and that is the inability, sometimes, to understand where the other side is coming from."
• Abraham Foxman in New York Times
  Describing a "a troubling undercurrent of anti-Semitism in the situation in Honduras," the league's national director, Abraham H. Foxman, said that Jews appeared to have become a "convenient scapegoat" during a period of turmoil.
• Phil Jackson in Boston Herald (blog)
  I don't think it's any hotter than any other Finals that I've been part of,Jackson said. "It's always contentious. There's been a little more focus, perhaps, this time. Perhaps some of it has been undercurrent in the past, but it's always...