insinuation
noun/ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃn/
/ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃn/
(usually disapproving)- [countable] something unpleasant that somebody indirectly suggests is true
- She resented the insinuation that she was too old for the job.
- Why did you make those veiled insinuations about me?
- insinuations against the unsuccessful candidate
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- veiled
- make
- resent
- insinuation about
- insinuation against
- [uncountable] the act of indirectly suggesting that something unpleasant is true
- His reputation was ruined by insinuation and rumour.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- veiled
- make
- resent
- insinuation about
- insinuation against
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin insinuatio(n-), from insinuare, from in- ‘in’ + sinuare ‘to curve’.
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