Crossword-Solution: INSINUATE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Insinuate | v. t. | To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement. |
| Insinuate | v. t. | To introduce artfully; to infuse gently; to instill. |
| Insinuate | v. t. | To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; -- often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything? |
| Insinuate | v. t. | To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; -- used reflexively. |
| Insinuate | v. i. | To creep, wind, or flow in; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices. |
| Insinuate | v. i. | To ingratiate one's self; to obtain access or favor by flattery or cunning. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| INSINUATE | anagram | ANNUITIES |
We have 43 clues for the answer “INSINUATE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| introduce subtly | 1 answer |
| hint obliquely | 1 answer |
| convey indirectly | 1 answer |
| Suggest on the sly | 1 answer |
| Suggest artfully | 1 answer |
| Slyly suggest | 1 answer |
| Say without saying, say | 1 answer |
| HINT slyly | 1 answer |
| Fixed "annuities"? | 1 answer |
| introduce gradually | 2 answers |
| Suggest slyly | 2 answers |
| EDGE in | 4 answers |
| Foist | 9 answers |
| Throw in | 10 answers |
| Get at | 11 answers |
| Work (in) | 11 answers |
| MAKE allusions to | 12 answers |
| Allude | 16 answers |
| ALLUDE to | 17 answers |
| let fall | 17 answers |
| Hint at | 23 answers |
| Impute | 25 answers |
| Interpose | 25 answers |
| Advert | 26 answers |
| MAKE mention | 26 answers |
| Ascribe | 29 answers |
| Infer | 31 answers |
| Infuse | 33 answers |
| Recommend | 33 answers |
| connote | 35 answers |
| Exhort | 41 answers |
| Imply | 42 answers |
| Implant | 43 answers |
| instil | 43 answers |
| fill in | 49 answers |
| Suggest | 50 answers |
| introduce | 51 answers |
| Advise | 51 answers |
| Worm | 60 answers |
| foretoken | 63 answers |
| Incite | 76 answers |
| Intimate | 92 answers |
| Hint | 94 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with INSINUATE (5)
Certain slaves who touched on this same isle, preached him and Christ, and, as he gathered from a bystander, their doctrines could be held by no sane man.” There is a quiet beauty about this poem which must insinuate itself into the feelings of every reader.
She liked to hear his voice almost as much as to listen to what he was saying, and to listen to what he was saying almost as much as to feel that he was looking at her; but he wanted to kiss her, and she wanted to talk to him about books and pictures, and have him insinuate the eternal theme of their love into every subject they discussed.
Mudge, her eyes blazing with anger, “If you dare insinuate to any living soul that I stole your paltry money, which I don't believe you ever had, I will be bitterly revenged upon you.” She flaunted out of the room, and Aunt Lucy, the first bitterness of her disappointment over, retired to bed, and slept more tranquilly than the unscrupulous woman who had robbed her.
For all the din of clashing blades and rattling armor, neither of the contestants had inflicted much damage, for the knight could neither force nor insinuate his point beyond the perfect guard of his unarmored foe, who, for his part, found difficulty in penetrating the other’s armor.
The qualities of parents are generally transmitted to their descendants--the progeny of trained pointers are almost sure to point, even without being taught: if, therefore, all Frasers are either rogues or fools, as this person seems to insinuate, it is little to be wondered at, their parents or grandparents having been in the training- school of old Fraser! But enough of the old tyrant and his slaves.
Quotes with INSINUATE (3)
Moonlight and high wind. Dark poplars toss, insinuate the sea.
I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is designed with 'you' in mind or, even worse, that there is a divine plan into which one fits whether one knows it or not. This kind of modesty is too arrogant for me.
One did not need to penetrate David's secret counsels or insinuate a man in his bodyguard. All one needed was a pair of years and access to the royal precincts. Just to eavesdrop upon his singing was to develop an accurate idea of his state of mind.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 12 times in crossword archives (1981–2019).