"undertow" in the noun sense
1. undertow
an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
"his account had a poignant undertow of regret"
2. undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose
the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
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