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in·sin·u·ate Listen to audio/ɪnˈsɪnjəˌweɪt/ verb
in·sin·u·ates; in·sin·u·at·ed; in·sin·u·at·ing
[+ obj] 1 : to say (something, especially something bad or insulting) in an indirect way
Just what are you insinuating? [=implying]often + that Are you insinuating that I cheated!?
2 formal : to gradually make (yourself) a part of a group, a person's life, etc., often by behaving in a dishonest way — usually + into He gradually insinuated himself into her life. She has managed to insinuate herself into the city's highest social circles.
— insinuating adjective [more insinuating; most insinuating]
He made an insinuating remark/comment about my weight.

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