undertow

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
2. (transitive) To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
3. (intransitive) To flow or behave as an undertow.

Noun

1. A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
2. (broadly) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.

Synonyms

sea purse

sea-purse

sea-puss

sea-poose

undercurrent

sea puss

underset

flavour

flow

ghost

👻

hue

key

🔑

note

ring

💍

shade

spin

stream

surge

tide

tincture

tinge

tone

touch

trace

undertone

crestless wave

cross-current

air

rip current

offshore current

back rush

undertow current

color

bottom flow

coloration

colour

colouration

course

current

ebb tide

Translations

ressac

resaca

Sog

ondersteunen

anafor

reflux

remous

contracorriente

Etymology

From under- + tow.