insinuation

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insinuation

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”).

insinuation (countable and uncountable, plural insinuations)

The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
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.
The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.

act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means

Bulgarian: подмазване n (podmazvane), докарване n (dokarvane)
French: insinuation (fr) f
Georgian: ინსინუაცია (insinuacia)
German: Einschmeicheln n, Anbiedern n, Bauchpinseln n, Einschmeichelei f, Anbiederung (de) f
Russian: инсинуа́ция (ru) f (insinuácija)
Spanish: insinuación (es) f

a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion

Bulgarian: намек (bg) m (namek), инсинуация (bg) f (insinuacija)
Catalan: insinuació (ca) f
Danish: insinuation (da) c
French: insinuation (fr) f
Georgian: ინსინუაცია (insinuacia)
German: Unterstellung (de) f, Andeutung (de) f, Anspielung (de) f, versteckte Andeutung f, unterschwellige Anspielung f
Italian: insinuazione (it)
Ottoman Turkish: كنایه (kinâye)
Polish: insynuacja (pl) f
Portuguese: insinuação (pt)
Russian: инсинуа́ция (ru) f (insinuácija), намёк (ru) m (namjók)
Serbo-Croatian: insinuacija (sh)
Spanish: insinuación (es)
Swedish: insinuation (sv) c
Tagalog: parinig, patama, patutsada (slang)

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