намекать — meaning in English

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English meaning

allude verb To mention something in an indirect way, without stating it outright.
hint noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
imply verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.
insinuate verb To hint at something, usually something negative, without stating it outright.
intimate adjective Very close and familiar, especially emotionally.
suggest verb To put forward an idea or possibility for consideration.

намекать is used for these senses in English:

allude (intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.
hint (transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
imply (transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
insinuate To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement.
intimate (ambitransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
suggest (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
suggest (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).

noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
noun A very small trace or amount of something.
verb To suggest something indirectly, without saying it outright.