insinuation

Preposition: of

• racism: They were met, of course, by the usual howls of protest and insinuations of racism.

Converse of object

• make: She tells me that you've been making some rather nasty insinuations about me.
• notice: I noticed an insinuation in her response that this was a morally preferable position.
• resent: The majority of parents make similar sacrifices within their means and resent the insinuation that they are less caring.
• deny: Confronted with Wiggins ' claims this week, Conklin neither confirmed their affair, nor denied specifically the insinuation of plagiarism.

Adjective modifier

• sly: Here are no reproaches, no base and sly insinuations, none of those invidious reflections with which controversies are usually managed.
• such: Armstrong vehemently denies such insinuations and has never failed a drugs test.
• snide: What I object to is HIM's snide insinuation that this is not genuine roots music.