Insinuation

Noun

 * 1) The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
 * 2) The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; &mdash; formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
 * 3) The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
 * 4) That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion
 * 5) * slander may be conveyed by insinuations.

Adjectives for Insinuation
calumnious; conscientious; adroit; slanderous; covert; nasty; reticent; evil; unguarded; offensive; outrageous; terrible; unfortunate; slow.

Verbs for Insinuation
contemplate—; dare—; defeat—; deliver—; dispose of—; omit—; perceive—; weigh—; wince at—; —alludes; —creeps in; —hints; —implies; —informs; —instills; —shocks; —suggests.

Thesaurus
access, accusal, accusation, accusing, admission, allegation, allegement, animadversion, apple-polishing, arraignment, ascendancy, ascription, aside, aspersion, ass-kissing, authority, backscratching, bill of particulars, blame, bootlicking, bringing of charges, bringing to book, broad hint, brown-nosing, charge, charisma, charm, clout, clue, complaint, consequence, control, count, credit, cringing, cue, delation, denouncement, denunciation, dominance, domination, effect, embedment, eminence, enchantment, encroachment, entrance, entree, entrenchment, entry, episode, esteem, favor, fawnery, fawning, flunkyism, footlicking, force, gentle hint, gesture, glimmer, glimmering, good feeling, graft, grafting, groveling, handshaking, hint, hold, impaction, impactment, impeachment, impingement, implantation, implication, import, importance, importation, importing, imposition, imputation, incidental power, income, incoming, incursion, index, indication, indictment, infiltration, infix, infixion, influence, influentiality, influx, information, infringement, infusion, ingoing, ingratiation, ingress, ingression, injection, inkling, innuendo, inoculation, input, inroad, insert, insertion, intake, intercalation, interference, interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interloping, interpenetration, interpolation, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intimation, introduction, introgression, intromission, intrusion, invasion, irruption, kick, lawsuit, laying of charges, leadership, leakage, leverage, look, magnetism, mastery, mealymouthedness, moment, nod, nudge, obeisance, obiter dictum, obsequiousness, obtrusion, parasitism, parenthesis, penetration, percolation, perfusion, personal remark, personality, persuasion, plaint, potency, power, predominance, preponderance, pressure, prestige, prompt, prosecution, prostration, purchase, reception, reflection, reign, remark, reproach, repute, rule, say, scent, seepage, side remark, sign, signal, slur, sly suggestion, sponging, spoor, suasion, subtle influence, suggestion, suit, supremacy, suspicion, sway, sycophancy, symptom, taxing, telltale, tessellation, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyism, tossing-in, track, transplant, transplantation, trespass, trespassing, truckling, true bill, tufthunting, uncomplimentary remark, unlawful entry, unspoken accusation, upper hand, veiled accusation, weight, whip hand, whisper, whispering campaign, wink

Etymology
From insinuatio: <  insinuo: < in: + sinus:

Translations

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 * Serbo-Croatian: insinuacija
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Related terms

 * insinuate
 * insinuator

Noun

 * 1) insinuation