insinuation
Significado (Inglés)
- (countable, uncountable) The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
- (countable, uncountable) The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
- (countable, uncountable) That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
Sinónimos
indirect suggestion
snide remark
Traducciones
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃən/
Etimología (Inglés)
Borrowed from Middle French insinuation, from Old French, from Latin insinuatio, from īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”), from in (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”).
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