27 September 2014

insinuate

[in-sin-yoo-eyt]

verb (used with object), insinuated, insinuating.

1. to suggest or hint slyly:
He insinuated that they were lying.
2. to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind:
to insinuate doubts through propaganda.
3. to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods:
to insinuate oneself into favor.
verb (used without object), insinuated, insinuating.
4. to make insinuations.

Origin

Latin

1520-1530; < Latin insinuātus, past participle of insinuāre to work in, instill. See in-2, sinuous, -ate1

Related forms

insinuative [in-sin-yoo-ey-tiv, -yoo-uh-] (Show IPA), insinuatory [in-sin-yoo-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
insinuatively, adverb
insinuator, noun
half-insinuated, adjective
preinsinuate, verb, preinsinuated, preinsinuating.

Synonyms

1. See hint. 2. introduce, inject, inculcate.

Dictionary.com

Examples from the web for insinuate Expand

– His enemies insinuate that it was not his political insights that were worth so much, but his influence and connections.
– Your questions are disingenuous because they’re meant to insinuate there are fundamental and serious issues with climate change.
– This, in no way, is meant to insinuate that the comments received were tallied as votes in a referendum.

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Today’s aphorism

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

– Plato

On this day

27 September 1540 – The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) founded by Ignatius Loyola.

27 September 1660 – death of St Vincent de Paul, Catholic priest, born in France, who dedicated himself to serving the poor. Born 24 April 1581.

27 September 1722 – birth of Samuel Adams, American revolutionary and founding father. Died 2 October 1803.

27 September 1947 – birth of Marvin Lee Aday, American rocker – otherwise known as Meatloaf.

27 September 1961 – birth of Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer – ‘Train-spotting‘, ‘Ecstasy‘.

27 September 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cuban embassy in Mexico to apply for a Cuban visa. The embassy initially denies the visa, stating that the man was not Lee Harvey Oswald. The embassy said he would need Soviet approval. Following scrutiny from the KGB and CIA, and intense debate between the Soviets, Cuba and Oswald (?) the visa was finally issued. Oswald, or the man purporting to be Oswald, never travelled to Cuba, but returned to the U.S. on 3 October 1963 … conspiracy, anyone?