insinuating
Meaning of insinuating
- hinting at something bad in an indirect and unpleasant way.
dirty, insinuating laughter
- using subtle manipulation to manoeuvre oneself into a favourable position.
a sneaky, insinuating move
- suggest or hint (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way.
he was insinuating that I had no self-control
- slide (oneself or a thing) slowly and smoothly into a particular place.
I insinuated my shoulder in the gap
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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Hyphenation of insinuating
in-sin-u-at-ing
- It consists of 5 syllables and 11 chars.
- insinuating is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
insinuating synonyms
Meaning ingratiating:
Meaning indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference:
Meaning cause one to think that (something) exists or is the case:
Meaning suggest or indicate something indirectly or covertly:
Meaning closely acquainted; familiar:
Meaning speak very softly using one's breath rather than one's throat, especially for the sake of secrecy:
Meaning point out; show:
Meaning move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it:
Meaning lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance:
Meaning place, fit, or push (something) into something else:
Meaning provide with a border or edge:
Meaning be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work:
Words that rhyme with insinuating
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