insinuateverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈsɪn.ju.eɪt/us/ɪnˈsɪn.ju.eɪt/to suggest, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true:
[ + (that) ] Are you insinuating (that) I'm losing my nerve?
What are you insinuating, Daniel?
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Suggestions & proposals
- about
- float
- get at sth
- grab
- hint
- how about...? idiom
- how does... grab you? idiom
- how/what about...? idiom
- it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
- might
- nudge
- offer
- on the table idiom
- point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
- postulate
- proposal
- propose
- put
- put ideas into sb's head idiom
- table
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insinuation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪnˌsɪn.juˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌsɪn.juˈeɪ.ʃən/
[ + that ] We resent these insinuations that we are not capable of leading the company forward.
Phrasal verb(s)
insinuate yourself into sth