insinuate
verb · adjectiveB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement.
She insinuated that her friends had betrayed her.
Đồng nghĩa: advert, allude, hint, imply, indicate, inkle, insinuate, intimate, moot, refer, signify, suggest
- 2.
(rare)To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.
1728-1729, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England Water will insinuate itself into Flints through certain imperceptible Cracks
- 3.
(broadly, figuratively)(figurative, by extension) To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(obsolete)(as a participle) Insinuated.
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1529; Latin īnsinuātus, perfect passive participle of īnsinuō (to push in, creep in, steal in) (see -ate and -ate), from in- (in) + sinus (a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom) -ō. Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.