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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"
Similar: slide, slip, manoeuvre, insert, edge, work, move into position,
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’.


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