Innuendo

Quick meaning: Innuendo is a noun meaning A derogatory hint or reference to, or (often sexual) insinuation about, a person or thing.

Meaning

A derogatory hint or reference to, or (often sexual) insinuation about, a person or thing.

More Meanings

1. A remark that is suggestive of something sexual without stating it explicitly.
2. (logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
3. (law) Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
4. (transitive, law) To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.

Example Sentences

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

We were both quite good friends and apart from the playful innuendos about having an affair together we never really did anything.

This is kalaburi, a joking banter that includes stories, jokes, wordplays (puns and double entendres, which are often sexual), and playful innuendo.

From the start then, the prosecutor David Tudor-Price relied on innuendo to carry his case. […] his whole presentation was based on shoring-up the stereotypes.

Word Forms

• innuendoes
• innuendos
• innuendis
• innuendoing
• innuendoed

Synonyms for innuendo

Depending on context, synonyms include insinuation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include insinuation, implication, imputation, slur, impression, noise.

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