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Connotative

adjective
1.
Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit.



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"Connotative" Quotes from Famous Books



... black list, which is turned over by this enterprising business house to a "collector," who is none other than the leading Camorrist, "bad man," or Black Hander of the neighborhood. A knock on the door from his fist, followed by the connotative expression on his face, results almost uniformly in immediate payment of all that is due. Needless to say, he gets his camorra—a good one—on the money that otherwise might ...
— Courts and Criminals • Arthur Train
... reader, unless they are explained, (5) words with a connotation inappropriate to the context, (6) hackneyed and mixed metaphors. The effectiveness of the expression may often be strengthened by the addition of specific, picture-making, imitative, and connotative words, as well as of figures of speech that clarify the ...
— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer


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