Definitions for innuendoes

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innuendoes in·nu·en·do

Spelling: [in-yoo-en-doh]

IPA: /ˌɪn yuˈɛn doʊ/

Innuendoes is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 291 anagrams from letters in innuendoes (deeinnnosu).

Definitions for innuendoes

noun

1. an indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or a derogatory nature.
2. Law. a parenthetic explanation or specification in a pleading. (in an action for slander or libel) the explanation and elucidation of the words alleged to be defamatory. the word or expression thus explained.

Origin of innuendoes

1555-65; Latin: a hint, literally, by signaling, ablative of innuendum, gerund of innuere to signal, equivalent to in- in-² + nuere to nod

Examples for innuendoes

The definition of “innuendo,” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “an oblique allusion.”

For years your bright light was darkened by a blizzard of lies, cheating and innuendo.

I was forced to accept the innuendo beneath his enigmatic utterances.

Then without waiting for a reply to this innuendo he turned his attention to Hardy.

He might degrade Marcolina by mockery and lascivious phrases, full of innuendo.

The innuendo, if designed to make Mowbray smile, was far from succeeding.

And then, with the innuendo of advertising copy, things get a little steamy.

Rumors, innuendo and passive aggressive jokes—those are huge distractions.

In an audience thus susceptible to innuendo Lyly saw his opportunity.

But the entendre and innuendo permeates the rest of the series—often innocently, but sometimes far more blatantly.