innuendo
noun
1 innuendo
An indirect (and usually malicious) implication.
synonym: insinuation.
Roget 526:
latency,
inexpression†;
hidden meaning,
occult meaning;
occultness,
mystery,
cabala†,
anagoge†;
silence
etc.
(taciturnity)
585;
concealment
etc.
528;
more than meets the eye,
more than meets the ear;
Delphic oracle;
le dessous des cartes [Fr.],
undercurrent.
implication,
logical implication;
logical consequence;
entailment.
allusion,
insinuation;
innuendo
etc.
527;
adumbration;
something rotten in the state of Denmark"
[Hamlet].
snake in the grass
etc.
(pitfall)
667;
secret
etc.
533.
darkness,
invisibility,
imperceptibility.
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Roget 527:
information,
enlightenment,
acquaintance,
knowledge
etc.
490;
publicity
etc.
531;
data
etc.
467.
communication,
intimation;
notice,
notification;
enunciation,
annunciation;
announcement;
communiqu_e;
representation,
round robin,
presentment.
case,
estimate,
specification,
report,
advice,
monition;
news
etc.
532;
return
etc.
(record)
551;
account
etc.
(description)
594;
statement
etc.
(affirmation)
535.
mention;
acquainting
etc.
v.;
instruction
etc.
(teaching)
537;
outpouring;
intercommunication,
communicativeness.
informant,
authority,
teller,
intelligencer†,
reporter,
exponent,
mouthpiece;
informer,
eavesdropper,
delator,
detective;
sleuth;
mouchard†,
spy,
newsmonger;
messenger
etc.
534;
amicus curiae [Lat.].
valet de place,
cicerone,
pilot,
guide;
guidebook,
handbook;
vade mecum [Lat.];
manual;
map,
plan,
chart,
gazetteer;
itinerary
etc.
(journey)
266.
hint,
suggestion,
innuendo,
inkling,
whisper,
passing word,
word in the ear,
subaudition†,
cue,
byplay;
gesture
etc.
(indication)
550;
gentle hint,
broad hint;
verbum sapienti [Lat.],
a word to the wise;
insinuation
etc.
(latency)
526.
information theory.
[units of information]
bit,
byte,
word,
doubleword [Comp.],
quad word,
paragraph,
segment.
[information storage media]
magnetic media,
paper medium,
optical media;
random access memory,
RAM;
read-only memory,
ROM;
write once read mostly memory,
WORM.
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Roget 932:
disapprobation,
disapproval;
improbation†;
disesteem,
disvaluation†,
displacency†;
odium;
dislike
etc.
867.
dispraise,
discommendation†;
blame,
censure,
obloquy;
detraction
etc.
934;
disparagement,
depreciation;
denunciation;
condemnation
etc.
971;
ostracism;
black list.
animadversion,
reflection,
stricture,
objection,
exception,
criticism;
sardonic grin,
sardonic laugh;
sarcasm,
insinuation,
innuendo;
bad compliment,
poor compliment,
left-handed compliment.
satire;
sneer
etc.
(contempt)
930;
taunt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
cavil,
carping,
censoriousness;
hypercriticism
etc.
(fastidiousness)
868.
reprehension,
remonstrance,
expostulation,
reproof,
reprobation,
admonition,
increpation†,
reproach;
rebuke,
reprimand,
castigation,
jobation†,
lecture,
curtain lecture,
blow up,
wigging,
dressing,
rating,
scolding,
trimming;
correction,
set down,
rap on the knuckles,
coup de bec [Fr.],
rebuff;
slap,
slap on the face;
home thrust,
hit;
frown,
scowl,
black look.
diatribe;
jeremiad,
jeremiade;
tirade,
philippic.
clamor,
outcry,
hue and cry;
hiss,
hissing;
sibilance,
sibilation,
catcall;
execration
etc.
908.
chiding,
upbraiding
etc.
v.;
exprobation†,
abuse,
vituperation,
invective,
objurgation,
contumely;
hard words,
cutting words,
bitter words.
evil-speaking;
bad language
etc.
908;
personality.
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Dutch: insinuatie
Polish: pomówienie, insynuacja
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