insinuate
verb
[ ɪnˈsɪnjʊeɪt ]
• suggest or hint (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way.
• "he was insinuating that I had no self-control"
Similar:
imply,
suggest,
hint,
intimate,
whisper,
indicate,
convey the impression,
give a clue,
give an inkling,
allude to the fact,
make reference to the fact,
let it be known,
give someone to understand,
give someone to believe,
make out,
tip someone the wink,
• slide (oneself or a thing) slowly and smoothly into a particular place.
• "I insinuated my shoulder in the gap"
Origin:
early 16th century (in the sense ‘enter (a document) on the official register’): from Latin insinuat- ‘introduced tortuously’, from the verb insinuare, from in- ‘in’ + sinuare ‘to curve’.