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Meanings of innuendo in English

Portuguese
indireta
Catalan
insinuació

A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing.

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              Usage of innuendo in English
              1
              Are you okay reporting rumor or innuendo in order to get attention?
              BBC
              2
              She would have done it in a very different way-insinuations, innuendo, etc.
              A Woman-Hater
              3
              But the legal pleadings charge that innuendo must mean such a person.
              A Publisher and His Friends / Memoir and Correspondence of John ...
              4
              Lopez referred to testimony that Peterson made threats as rumor and innuendo.
              Reuters
              5
              Take one listen to Teenage Prayer, which puts the I in innuendo.
              The Guardian
              6
              He might degrade Marcolina by mockery and lascivious phrases, full of innuendo.
              Casanova's Homecoming
              7
              Though her smile showed perplexity she tossed back his innuendo with defiance.
              One Man in His Time
              8
              He was annoyed, it was the kind of innuendo that bothered him.
              Honor thyself
              9
              This, he said, was the true innuendo-way of characterizing, used by detractors.
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6
              10
              She had heard complaint, censure, innuendo, and downright abuse of poor Gus.
              The End of the World: A Love Story
              11
              I hated these days of rumor and innuendo, spy-mongering, war and death.
              Rasputin's daughter
              12
              Most of the innuendo and lies about me come from the internet.
              The Irish Times
              13
              Galleasses Ð large fast sailing vessel, indicative of wealth, also sexual innuendo.
              The Noble Spanish Soldier
              14
              It was the first time they had moved much beyond sexual innuendo.
              Atonement
              15
              So much of what Trump says can be read as sexual innuendo.
              The Guardian
              16
              It said the show contained vulgarity, insults, sexual innuendo and bad language.
              Reuters
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