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Meanings of insinuate in English

Portuguese
insinuar
Catalan
insinuar
Spanish
insinuar

Give to understand.

        insinuar
        Usage of insinuate in English
        1
        He had been overlooking the public-how the town would gossip and insinuate.
        The Second Generation
        2
        Stone in impossible spindly shapes, wafting, insinuate billows, coil and smog recoil.
        Iron Council
        3
        There's more to the Caribbean island capital than its diminutive dimensions insinuate.
        BBC
        4
        Jan's saddle had a knob in the seat that began to insinuate.
        The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro a...
        5
        Caley first comforted the weeping girl, and then began to insinuate encouragement.
        The Marquis of Lossie
        6
        It seems to insinuate things which make one grow hot all over.
        The Shuttle
        7
        She didn't insinuate or make people guess about what she was doing.
        The Irish Times
        8
        Besides, the words presently following seem to me to insinuate more, viz.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
        9
        No one could now deplore or insinuate, or express sorrow or astonishment.
        The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
        10
        He might insinuate, but a barefaced putting into words outraged his feelings.
        The Love Affairs of Pixie
        11
        These languorous melodies, which insinuate themselves into the subconscious, are a delight.
        The Irish Times
        12
        Was it necessary to insinuate that we are the agents of England?
        Sophisms of the Protectionists
        13
        Indeed he would, as they insinuate, confine me to answer by writing.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
        14
        Why this comparison, which seems to insinuate a justification of the Virginians?
        The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916
        15
        I don't insinuate any thing at all, doctor, answered the pale-looking man.
        Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor
        16
        Do you insinuate there's any need for slithering... as you call it?
        Australia Felix
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        Translations for insinuate
        Portuguese
        insinuar
        Insinuate through the time
        Insinuate across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common