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insinuate
insinuate is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 8 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
- 2transitive verb
To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
- 3transitive verb
To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?
- 4transitive verb
To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively.
- 5intransitive verb
To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
- 6intransitive verb
To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning.
- 7verb
give to understand
"I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
- 8verb
introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner
"He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"
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