insinuation

insinuation has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• n.. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
• n.. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
• n.. the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments; "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor"
• n.. an indirect (and usually malicious) implication