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инсинуа́ция — meaning in English

insinuatsiya

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English meaning

  • insinuation noun An indirect hint or suggestion, usually implying something unflattering.
  • slur noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.

Senses

инсинуа́ция is used for these senses in English:

  • insinuation 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.
  • insinuation That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
  • slur An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.

slur — full definition

  1. noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.
  2. noun Unclear, poorly separated speech.
  3. verb To pronounce words unclearly by running them together.

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