[+ 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.
▪ Just what are you insinuating? [=implying] — often + that ▪ Are you insinuating that I cheated!?
— insinuating adjective [more insinuating; most insinuating]
▪ He made an insinuating remark/comment about my weight.
▪ He made an insinuating remark/comment about my weight.







