insinuendo
📖 Definitions
noun
An assertion or hint that’s disparaging and suggestive.
💬 Usage Examples
“She said that she wasn’t comparing apples to oranges, she was comparing a big juicy hard ripe red apple to a little shriveled soft one, which is a phrase she often uses back at me. I took all that as an insinuendo about, well, personal things, and quite without basis, by the way.” Daniel Cross; Coopers Crossing; iUniverse; 2018.