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Innuendo

/ˌɪnjuˈɛndəʊ/

A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.

📖 Definitions of "Innuendo"

noun
  1. 1

    A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.

    "She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed."

  2. 2

    A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.

  3. 3

    Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and whom was meant by the libellous matter or description.

verb
  1. 1

    To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.

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