insinuation
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinsinuationin‧sin‧u‧a‧tion /ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃən/ noun 1 [countable]TELL something that someone says which seems to mean something unpleasant, but does not say this openly She rejected the insinuation that she was partly to blame.2 [uncountable]TELL when someone says something insinuating