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insinuate
[ in-sin-yoo-eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to suggest or hint slyly:
He insinuated that they were lying.
- to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind:
to insinuate doubts through propaganda.
- to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods:
to insinuate oneself into favor.
verb (used without object)
- to make insinuations.
insinuate
/ ɪnˈsɪnjʊˌeɪt /
verb
- may take a clause as object to suggest by indirect allusion, hints, innuendo, etc
- tr to introduce subtly or deviously
- tr to cause (someone, esp oneself) to be accepted by gradual approaches or manoeuvres
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Derived Forms
- inˈsinuative, adjective
- inˈsinuˌator, noun
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Other Words From
- in·sin·u·a·tive [in-, sin, -yoo-ey-tiv, -yoo-, uh, -], in·sin·u·a·to·ry [in-, sin, -yoo-, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- in·sinu·ative·ly adverb
- in·sinu·ator noun
- half-in·sinu·ated adjective
- prein·sinu·ate verb preinsinuated preinsinuating
- prein·sinu·ative adjective
- unin·sinu·ated adjective
- unin·sinu·ative adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of insinuate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of insinuate1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
Gutierrez tries unsuccessfully to insinuate that Jay was cheating on Stephanie, suggesting ulterior motives.
It's pretty sick for people to insinuate that I would wax my daughters eyebrows.
Gandhi, he meant to insinuate, was not Indian enough to serve Indians and run the country.
Tait seems to insinuate for all media that it would be better if Amis never came back.
What people were trying to insinuate was that Jess is emblematic of all women, instead of seeing her as one woman.
Both are very charming in Trolus, and he has turned them to good account to insinuate himself or to overcome a difficulty.
A vague, ridiculous, unfounded sort of jealousy of the Harpers had begun to insinuate itself.
"How dare you insinuate——" began Murray, and he violently shook the old man by the collar.
Do you insinuate that I am naturally an object for laughter?
Her object was to insinuate herself, so to speak, into fortune, by making herself useful to some great person.
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