Insinuate
verb
To suggest or hint at something indirectly or subtly.
She insinuated that they were lying.
Often appears as...
- insinuate something
- insinuate about
verb
To move oneself into a position slowly and quietly.
He insinuated himself into the group quite skillfully.
Often appears as...
- insinuate oneself
- insinuate into
verb
To suggest or hint at something indirectly or subtly.
She insinuated that they were lying.
Often appears as...
- insinuate something
- insinuate about
verb
To move oneself into a position slowly and quietly.
He insinuated himself into the group quite skillfully.
Often appears as...
- insinuate oneself
- insinuate into
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Implication
Use 'insinuate' when suggesting something negative in a roundabout way without claiming it outright.
Are you insinuating that I'm not qualified for this job?
Pro Tip 2/3Indirectly Pointing
'Insinuate' can show one's reluctance to state something directly, often to avoid confrontation.
He didn't say it, but he insinuated that the project might fail.
Pro Tip 3/3Potentially Offensive
Be cautious, as 'insinuate' can sound accusatory and may offend if the implication is taken negatively.
I don't like the way she insinuated that I was to blame.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Implication
Use 'insinuate' when suggesting something negative in a roundabout way without claiming it outright.
Are you insinuating that I'm not qualified for this job?
Pro Tip 2/3Indirectly Pointing
'Insinuate' can show one's reluctance to state something directly, often to avoid confrontation.
He didn't say it, but he insinuated that the project might fail.
Pro Tip 3/3Potentially Offensive
Be cautious, as 'insinuate' can sound accusatory and may offend if the implication is taken negatively.
I don't like the way she insinuated that I was to blame.
Pro Tip 1/3Subtle Implication
Use 'insinuate' when suggesting something negative in a roundabout way without claiming it outright.
Are you insinuating that I'm not qualified for this job?
Pro Tip 2/3Indirectly Pointing
'Insinuate' can show one's reluctance to state something directly, often to avoid confrontation.
He didn't say it, but he insinuated that the project might fail.
Pro Tip 3/3Potentially Offensive
Be cautious, as 'insinuate' can sound accusatory and may offend if the implication is taken negatively.
I don't like the way she insinuated that I was to blame.
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"Good" and "bad" are...
who is a precious little angel. This story rears its head in my daughter's life around Christmastime, when certain people get positively giddy at the thought of seeing her in angel's wings and a halo at the pageant. The insinuation is that these people don't experience the sticky complexities
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The benefits of talking...
just insinuate yourself in that conversation let's see throw them a rescue line attention and we know that that is the scarcest of all resources and we know we all crave it and we know we have millions of devices and millions of things that will pull us away from
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
and so on so that's what I was thinking and excuse me for for insinuating that they were family to start with I didn't mean that I just got caught up in a few different thought processes but let's get back to the matter at hand
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"Good" and "bad" are...
who is a precious little angel. This story rears its head in my daughter's life around Christmastime, when certain people get positively giddy at the thought of seeing her in angel's wings and a halo at the pageant. The insinuation is that these people don't experience the sticky complexities
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The benefits of talking...
just insinuate yourself in that conversation let's see throw them a rescue line attention and we know that that is the scarcest of all resources and we know we all crave it and we know we have millions of devices and millions of things that will pull us away from
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
and so on so that's what I was thinking and excuse me for for insinuating that they were family to start with I didn't mean that I just got caught up in a few different thought processes but let's get back to the matter at hand
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Quote examples
Joshua Oppenheimer
British Director
For me, I'm a filmmaker because, above all, I'm an explorer. It's my way of exploring and investigating the problems, the questions, and the mysteries about what it means to be human that vex me most, that keep me up at night, and that, when I finally fall asleep, insinuate themselves into my dreams.
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Ng Chin Han
Singaporean Actor
I've always had an uneasy relationship with technology and how it insinuates itself into our lives: for example. I always prefer talking face-to-face with friends than texting or calling, and if I want to get updates on their lives, I don't go to Facebook but meet them in person.
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Jodi Kantor
American Journalist
Those close to Mr. Obama say he grows irritated at being misunderstood - not just by opponents who insinuate that he caters to African-Americans, but also by black lawmakers and intellectuals who fault him for not making his presidency an all-out assault on racial disparity.
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Luciana Berger
British Politician
All too easily I have had people dismiss food poverty as an affliction of the workless and idle, insinuating that it is a way of life only for those who choose it. Yet the reality couldn't be more different.
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Claude Debussy
French Composer
Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.
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Guy Gavriel Kay
Canadian Author
I say 'as it were' or 'so to speak' too often because puns and double entendres keep insinuating themselves into my consciousness as I'm talking.
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Errol Morris
American Director
My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself.
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Roberta Smith
American Critic
You never know when contemporary art is going to insinuate itself into a normally art-free zone.
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Shweta Menon
Indian Model
Magazines started insinuating that I was having affairs with my co-stars. That hurt.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
The 'politics of memory' policy appears to work largely by insinuation.
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Joshua Oppenheimer
British Director
For me, I'm a filmmaker because, above all, I'm an explorer. It's my way of exploring and investigating the problems, the questions, and the mysteries about what it means to be human that vex me most, that keep me up at night, and that, when I finally fall asleep, insinuate themselves into my dreams.
Quote examples
Ng Chin Han
Singaporean Actor
I've always had an uneasy relationship with technology and how it insinuates itself into our lives: for example. I always prefer talking face-to-face with friends than texting or calling, and if I want to get updates on their lives, I don't go to Facebook but meet them in person.
Quote examples
Jodi Kantor
American Journalist
Those close to Mr. Obama say he grows irritated at being misunderstood - not just by opponents who insinuate that he caters to African-Americans, but also by black lawmakers and intellectuals who fault him for not making his presidency an all-out assault on racial disparity.
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Luciana Berger
British Politician
All too easily I have had people dismiss food poverty as an affliction of the workless and idle, insinuating that it is a way of life only for those who choose it. Yet the reality couldn't be more different.
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Claude Debussy
French Composer
Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.
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Guy Gavriel Kay
Canadian Author
I say 'as it were' or 'so to speak' too often because puns and double entendres keep insinuating themselves into my consciousness as I'm talking.
Quote examples
Errol Morris
American Director
My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself.
Quote examples
Roberta Smith
American Critic
You never know when contemporary art is going to insinuate itself into a normally art-free zone.
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Shweta Menon
Indian Model
Magazines started insinuating that I was having affairs with my co-stars. That hurt.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
The 'politics of memory' policy appears to work largely by insinuation.
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