innuendo

English - Turkish

Definition of innuendo in English Turkish dictionary

dokundurma

kinaye

ima

sezindirme

dolayısıyle anlatma

{i} taş

{i} üstü kapalı söz

{i} ima etme

olumsuz bir şey ima eden söz

Related Terms

insinuation

kinaye

insinuation

dolaylı söz

insinuation

anıştırma

insinuation

{i} üstü kapalı söz

insinuation

{i} ima

insinuation

{i} yağcılık

insinuation

{i} üstü kapalı söyleme

insinuation

{i} üstü kapalı (kötü) söz

English - English

Definition of innuendo in English English dictionary

A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, especially a sexual one. An implication or insinuation

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

insinuation

An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation

An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief

(in defamation) part of an indictment or pleading making it clear that the damaging statement was intended to apply to the plaintiff, or spelling out the latent defamatory nature of apparently innocent words

(N) -an indirect comment about a person or thing, esp of a disparaging or a derogatory nature

n a veiled, oblique, or covert allusion to something not directly named : hint, insinuation

Innuendo is indirect reference to something rude or unpleasant. The report was based on rumours, speculation, and innuendo. innuendoes innuendos a remark that suggests something sexual or unpleasant without saying it directly, or these remarks in general double entendre

an indirect (and usually malicious) implication

{i} hint, intimation, indirect suggestion (usually derogatory)

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

An innuendo is a slanter that works by implying what it does not actually say: "Far be it from me to call my opponent a liar "

Related Terms

ınnuendo

{n} an oblique or distant hint; in law a word to ascertain the precise person

Hyphenation

in·nu·en·do

Turkish pronunciation

înyuendō

Synonyms

allusion, aside, aspersion, hint, implication, imputation, insinuation, intimation, overtone, reference, whisper

Antonyms

evidence, proof

Pronunciation

/ənyo͞oˈendō/ /ɪnjuːˈɛndoʊ/

Etymology

() From the Latin innuendō (“by nodding”), ablative singular form of innuendum (“a nodding”), gerund of innuō (“I give a nod”).

Tenses

innuendoing, innuendoed