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US
/ˌɪnjuˈɛndoʊ/
]
[ UK /ɪnnjuːˈɛndəʊ/ ]
[ UK /ɪnnjuːˈɛndəʊ/ ]
NOUN
- an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
How To Use innuendo In A Sentence
- The article is pure surmise and innuendo.
- The report was based on rumours, speculation, and innuendo.
- ( "Is linked to" is my favourite non-specific innuendo, followed by "associated with," but "ties" is effective as well.) Rights and Democracy: Board members strike back
- He will be shown gratuitous sex and graphic violence, hidden behind innuendo and called a romantic comedy.
- His book is full of disgusting lies, innuendo and smears. Times, Sunday Times
- Raw politics is making the arrival of boatpeople a divisive issue once more when it shouldn't be, and the Rudd government is as culpable as the Coalition when it comes to emotive catchcries and racist innuendo. Public Opinion
- Because of our success, there has been rumour and innuendo about what we're supposed to be doing. Times, Sunday Times
- She alleged that the article defamed her both personally and in her office as a magistrate and pleaded 3 false innuendos.
- I laughed, thoroughly amused by his responses to my innuendos.
- When the evidence was too clearly against Buckley, he would again revert to sexual innuendo, attacks on Myra, and finally Bobby Kennedy. R_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism"