noun🔗ShareA derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation."She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed."communicationlanguagecharacterwordsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument."During the school debate, Sarah used an innuendo about her opponent's lack of research, implying that their arguments were weak. "languagecommunicationliteraturewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePart of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and whom was meant by the libellous matter or description."The innuendo in the letter to the editor clearly pointed to the specific teacher, not the whole department, as the subject of the criticism. "lawlanguagecommunicationmediaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied."The teacher innuendoed the student's comments about the test, interpreting them as a complaint about the teacher's teaching methods, even though the student had only been suggesting a few questions were unclear. "communicationlanguagewordsocietystatementlawactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
