And then she let slip a not-so-subtle innuendo about my drinking habits.
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Innuendo
//ˌɪnjuˈɛndəʊ//
Synonyms for "innuendo" (107 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (53)
lawsuitlaying of chargeslibellookmeaningmetaphorical sensenodnuancenudgeoccult meaningpersonal remarkpersonalityplaintpresumptionpresuppositionpromptprosecutionreferencereflectionreproach
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sarcasmsatiresatiric witscandalscentsignsignalslursly suggestionspoorsubsensesubsidiary sensesuggestionsuitsuppositionsuspicionsymbolismsymptomtaxingtelltaletingetouchtracktrue billuncomplimentary remarkundercurrentundermeaningundertoneunspoken accusationveiled accusationwhisperwhispering campaignwink
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3 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
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9 entriessimilar
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46 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَلْمِيح noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Armenian
1 entries- ակնարկ noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Bulgarian
1 entries- инсинуация noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Catalan
2 entries- indirecta noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- insinuació noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 影射 noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Czech
1 entries- narážka noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Danish
3 entries- antydning noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- hentydning noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- insinuation noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Dutch
1 entries- insinuatie noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Finnish
1 entries- vihjaus noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
French
2 entries- insinuation noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- sous-entendu noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
German
2 entries- Anspielung noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- Innuendo noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Greek
2 entries- υπαινιγμός noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- υπονοούμενο noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Hebrew
1 entries- רמיזה noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Hungarian
2 entries- célzás noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- utalás noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Italian
2 entries- allusione noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- insinuazione noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Japanese
1 entries- 当て付けがましい noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Norwegian
1 entries- insinuasjon noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- antydning noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- hentydning noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كنایه noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Polish
1 entries- insynuacja noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Portuguese
2 entries- indireta noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- insinuação noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Russian
1 entries- намёк noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- aluzija noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- insinuacija noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Slovak
2 entries- narážka noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- poznámka noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Spanish
4 entries- indirecta noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- innuendo noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- insinuación noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- inuendo noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Swedish
3 entries- allusion noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- anspelning noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- insinuation noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Telugu
1 entries- అన్యాపదేశము noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Turkish
2 entries- gönderme noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
- kinaye noun (a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing, an implication or insinuation)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
It's not easy to work under the shadow of innuendo.
Source: tatoeba (1244368)
I've had enough of your salacious innuendo.
Source: tatoeba (12410356)
She made a devious innuendo about her opponent, who was embarrassed.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.