innuendo
noun
an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
innuendoes
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pluralof innuendo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Madariaga had concluded Columbus was a Jew, said Morison, “by fashioning a significant pattern of hypothesis and innuendoes unsupported by anything so vulgar as fact.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
His dismissed the prosecution’s case as nothing more than “theories, hypotheses, innuendoes, assumptions, gut feelings, hairs on the back of your neck.”
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
The episode was awarded four stars by the Independent's Michael Hogan, who said was served up with "its innuendoes and irresistible sense of fun, and new host Alison Hammond's influence is already clear".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023
On Elara, Adani has said "innuendoes" that the firm was in any manner related to the conglomerate founders were incorrect.
From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2023
Far more frequently the censorship manifests itself according to the second type, through the production of weakenings, innuendoes, allusions instead of direct truthfulness.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud
