insinuate
InsinuatedInsinuated.
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» How dare you insinuate that I was lying!
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1 senses(obsolete)Insinuated.
Examples
11 sentencesHow dare you insinuate that I was lying!
Are you insinuating something?
ruТы на что-то намекаешь? — odexed
What are you insinuating?
ruНа что ты намекаешь? — marafon
deWas deutest du an? — Headfirst1745
Just what are you insinuating?
What're you insinuating?
Origin
First attested in 1529; Borrowed from Latin īnsinuātus, perfect passive participle of īnsiFirst attested in 1529; Borrowed from Latin īnsinuātus, perfect passive participle of īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”) -ō (verb-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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Forms
more insinuate, most insinuate| Comparative | more insinuate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most insinuate Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.