suggestive language
Hints at impropriety
Suggestive language implies something without stating it directly, especially something sexual, improper, or risqué.
The phrase often appears in content warnings: This film contains suggestive language and adult themes.
What counts as suggestive depends on context—innuendo that seems tame in a bar might be inappropriate at a workplace training.
- insinuatingIndirectly suggesting something
- between the linesIn implied fashion
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- metaphoricalSymbolic rather than literal
- persuasiveAble to convince others
amorous · witty · poignant · seductive · compelling · allegorical · punning · intimate · coy · manipulative · veiled threat · flirtatious · pillow talk · sweet nothings · double entendre · stirring · innuendo · ironic
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
- figurative languagemetaphor, simile, figure of speech, analogy, personification
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