17:56 Aug 20, 2017 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Social Sciences - Psychology | |||||
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4 +1 | distressing/disturbing undertone/significance/connotation |
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3 +2 | painfully sharp undertone |
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4 +1 | cutting / biting/ pointed implicit message |
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distressing/disturbing undertone/significance/connotation Explanation: there are quite a few way of saying this but really the undertone is troublesome, or disturbing in some way |
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painfully sharp undertone Explanation: "poignant" means "painfully sharp to the emotions or senses" (to quote the Concise Oxford Dictionary). It is usually used to describe something that evokes feelings of sadness or sorrow, but I think that here the writer is using more as a virtual synonym for the "pointed" in the next sentence, since that second sentence simply elaborates on the "poignant and loaded subtext" in the first one. |
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