Anagram Solver
Scrabble Word Finder & Unscrambler
Showing words for INSINUATING using the English dictionary
11 Letter Words for Insinuating
10 Letter Words for Insinuating
9 Letter Words for Insinuating
8 Letter Words for Insinuating
7 Letter Words for Insinuating
6 Letter Words for Insinuating
5 Letter Words for Insinuating
4 Letter Words for Insinuating
3 Letter Words for Insinuating
Definitions for Insinuating
[1] tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
[2] gaining favor or winning confidence by artful means: an insinuating manner.
[3] to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
[4] to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind: to insinuate doubts through propaganda.
[5] to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods: to insinuate oneself into favor.
[6] to make insinuations.
[7] (may take a clause as object) to suggest by indirect allusion, hints, innuendo, etc
[8] (tr) to introduce subtly or deviously
[9] (tr) to cause (someone, esp oneself) to be accepted by gradual approaches or manoeuvres
Words related to Insinuating
intriguing, serving, humble, charming, disarming, crawling, flattering, ingratiating, toadying, evocative, expressive, indicative, insinuative, pregnant, redolent, reminiscent, suggestive, symbolic, symptomatic, remindful
Words nearby Insinuating
insignificancy, insignificant, insincere, insincerity, insinuate, insinuating, insinuation, insipid, insipience, insist, insistence
Origin of Insinuating
e1520–30; < Latin insinuātus, past participle of insinuāre to work in, instill. See in-2, sinuous, -ate1
Other words from Insinuating
in·sin·u·at·ing·ly , adverb
half-in·sin·u·at·ing , adjective
half-in·sin·u·at·ing·ly , adverb
pre·in·sin·u·at·ing·ly , adverb
un·in·sin·u·at·ing , adjective
in·sin·u·a·tive [in-sin -yoo-ey-tiv, -yoo-uh -] /ɪnˈsɪn yuˌeɪ tɪv, -yu ə-/ , in·sin·u·a·to·ry [in-sin -yoo-uh -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɪnˈsɪn yu əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/ , adjective
in·sin·u·a·tive·ly , adverb
in·sin·u·a·tor , noun
half-in·sin·u·at·ed , adjective
pre·in·sin·u·ate , verb, pre·in·sin·u·at·ed, pre·in·sin·u·at·ing.
pre·in·sin·u·a·tive , adjective
un·in·sin·u·at·ed , adjective
un·in·sin·u·a·tive , adjective
Word origin for Insinuating
eC16: from Latin insinuāre to wind one's way into, from in- ² + sinus curve
Synonyms for Insinuating
intriguing, evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling, indicative, insinuative, insinuatory, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, significative, suggestive, symbolic, symptomatic