Associations to the word «Intimation»

Wiktionary

INTIMATION, noun. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
INTIMATION, noun. Announcement; declaration.
INTIMATION, noun. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.

Dictionary definition

INTIMATION, noun. An indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her".
INTIMATION, noun. A slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King