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

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.
2. transitive verb. To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill.
3. transitive verb. To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything?
4. transitive verb. To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively.
5. intransitive verb. To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
6. intransitive verb. To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning.
7. verb. give to understand

   "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"

   Synonyms: adumbrate, intimate

8. verb. introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner

   "He insinuated himself into the conversation of the people at the nearby table"

Synonyms

adumbrate, intimate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in insinuate:

annuities, annuitise

Common word forms

insinuated, insinuates, insinuating

Words from these letters

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