insinuate
pronunciation
How to pronounce insinuate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsɪnjueɪt]
How to pronounce insinuate in American English:
US [ɪnˈsɪnjueɪt]
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- Verb:
- introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner
- give to understand
Word Origin
- insinuate (v.)
- 1520s, from Latin insinuatus, past participle of insinuare "to throw in, push in, make a way; creep in, intrude, bring in by windings and curvings, wind one's way into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + sinuare "to wind, bend, curve," from sinus "a curve, winding" (see sinus). Sense of "to introduce tortuously or indirectly" is from 1640s. Related: Insinuated; insinuating; insinuatingly.
Example
- 1. Mr obama , as noted above , likes to insinuate that there is a conflict between pursuing profits and creating jobs .
- 2. So , look , if anything , it 's more annoying to me that people would insinuate that I don 't like to be compared to her ......
- 3. Timperley 's book , far from being " commissioned " by the chinese intelligence service , as some japanese scholars now insinuate , was prompted by members of the " international committee " of foreigners in nanjing .
- 4. He said it was " disingenuous " for anyone to insinuate that pakistani authorities , including the country 's spy agency , were aligned with al-qaida .