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Noun Concept
Categories: Comedy, Bullying, Sociolinguistics, Rhetorical techniques
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insinuation  innuendo  innuendoes  innuendos  insinuate
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An indirect (and usually malicious) implication WordNet 3.0
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An indirect (and usually malicious) implication WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An innuendo is a hint, insinuation or intimation about a person or thing, especially of a denigrating or derogatory nature. Wikipedia
Figure of speech which indicates an indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in expression; an insinuation. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Hint, insinuation or intimation about a person or thing, especially of a denigrating or a derogatory nature Wikidata
A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. OmegaWiki
A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation. Wiktionary
A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation. Wiktionary (translation)
That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion. Wiktionary
A suggestion or intimation by distant allusion. Wiktionary (translation)
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She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed. Wiktionary
IS A
implication
allusion
DERIVATION
intimate
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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insinuation, innuendo
Wikipedia
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innuendo
Wikidata
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innuendo
Wiktionary
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innuendo, insinuation
OmegaWiki
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innuendo, insinuation
Wikipedia Redirections
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innuendoes, innuendos, insinuate, insinuation, sexual innuendo, sexual innuendos

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