insinuated
Use Insinuated in a sentence
yuˌeɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
2.
to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind: to insinuate doubts through propaganda.
3.
to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods: to insinuate oneself into favor.
verb (used without object)
4.
to make insinuations.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin insinuātus, past participle of insinuāre to work in, instill. See in-2, sinuous, -ate1
1520–30; < Latin insinuātus, past participle of insinuāre to work in, instill. See in-2, sinuous, -ate1
Related forms
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-sin-yoo-ey-tiv, -yoo-uh-] , in·sin·u·a·to·ry [in-sin-yoo-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective in·sin·u·a·tive·ly, adverb
in·sin·u·a·tor, noun
half-in·sin·u·at·ed, adjective
pre·in·sin·u·ate, verb, pre·in·sin·u·at·ed, pre·in·sin·u·at·ing.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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insinuate (ɪnˈsɪnjʊˌeɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (may take a clause as object) to suggest by indirect allusion, hints, innuendo, etc |
| 2. | (tr) to introduce subtly or deviously |
| 3. | (tr) to cause (someone, esp oneself) to be accepted by gradual approaches or manoeuvres |
| [C16: from Latin insinuāre to wind one's way into, from | |
| in'sinuative | |
| —adj | |
| in'sinuatory | |
| —adj | |
| in'sinuator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
insinuate
1526 (implied in insinuation), from L. insinuatus, pp. of insinuare "bring in by windings and curvings, wind one's way into," from in- "in" + sinuare "to wind, bend, curve," from sinus "a curve, winding." Sense of "to introduce tortuously or indirectly" is from 1647.
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Example sentences
The prosecutor insinuated that defense counsel somehow influenced her decision not to appear.
It has been insinuated that this motion was introduced by collusion with others.
Their thesis is often insinuated by asking rhetorical questions.
The suspects during this investigation insinuated that they were members of a gang.
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