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Meanings of
insinuating
in inglês
Calculated to please or gain favor.
ingratiating
ingratiatory
Related terms
flattering
Synonyms
Examples for "
ingratiating
"
ingratiating
ingratiatory
Examples for "
ingratiating
"
1
The children were dry; some of them had become
ingratiating
,
even affectionate.
2
She was there with the object of
ingratiating
herself with the Duke.
3
The statue melted a trifle in the sunshine of Gabe's
ingratiating
smile.
4
The constant refrain of
ingratiating
desperation is in some ways more shocking.
5
So she went right on in her brisk tone of
ingratiating
authority.
1
Not," touching his elbows again, with an
ingratiatory
smile, "that one would desire to get rid of you."
2
Cowperwood, disappointed by the outcome of his various
ingratiatory
efforts, decided to fall back on his old reliable method of bribery.
Usage of
insinuating
in inglês
1
A buzzing trombone, an
insinuating
saxophone: jazz, played a long way off.
2
The eloquent and
insinuating
Massillon was called in to talk with her.
3
He spoke the last words in a tone half
insinuating
,
half ironical.
4
Evidently he was
insinuating
that the washerwomen had stolen the linen themselves.
5
His precise,
insinuating
delivery suggested horrors that Turner could not immediately grasp.
6
You were
insinuating
that you struggled to come back down to earth.
7
Something furry pushed itself against her side in one smooth,
insinuating
motion.
8
His fawning manners and
insinuating
language varied according to the people addressed.
9
Ichabod, therefore, made his advances in a quiet and gently
insinuating
manner.
10
All this was expounded in a veiled, clever, discreet and
insinuating
manner.
11
It was indeed Fanny's voice, in its most
insinuating
and deceitful tones.
12
The recession was hitting Ireland and gradually
insinuating
itself into people's lives.
13
Her mission was too urgent for her to notice their
insinuating
remarks.
14
He was possessed of the most
insinuating
address, shrewd, penetrating, and inquisitive.
15
There is no suggestion so fatal, so
insinuating
,
as that of impurity.
16
His voice had dropped into a soft, silky half-tone,
insinuating
and persuasive.
Other examples for "insinuating"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
insinuating
insinuate
Verb
Present
Adjective
Frequent collocations
most insinuating
insinuating manner
insinuating address
insinuating way
Insinuating
through the time
Insinuating
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common