Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: insinuate
IPA transcription: [,ɪns'ɪnjueɪt]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: intimate, adumbrate, insinuate
    Meaning: give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
  • Synonyms: insinuate
    Meaning: introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner; "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"
Usage examples
  • It seemed to be his design rather to insinuate than directly to assert that, physically, he had not always been what he was--that a long series of neuralgic attacks had reduced him from a condition of more than usual personal beauty, to that which I saw.
  • Miss Evelyn, to whom wrath and violence had hitherto been strangers, soon grew weary of such usage; and rashly, and without a witness, consented to a private marriage with Sir John Belmont, a very profligate young man, who had but too successfully found means to insinuate himself into her favour.