insinuate
US: /ˌɪnˈsɪnjueɪt/
UK: /ɪnsˈɪnjuːˌeɪt/
UK: /ɪnsˈɪnjuːˌeɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
insinuate /in'sinjueit/
- ngoại động từ
- nói bóng gió, nói ám chỉ, nói ý, nói ngầm, nói xa gần
- lách (mình) vào (nơi nào); luồn (mình) vào (nơi nào); khéo luồn lọt vào, đưa lọt (ai)
- to insinuate oneself into someone's fovour: khéo luồng lọt lấy lòng ai
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 to suggest indirectly that sth unpleasant is true: [V that] The article insinuated that he was having an affair with his friend's wife. + [VN] What are you trying to insinuate? + an insinuating smile / glance / tone
2 [VN] ~ yourself into sth (formal, disapproving) to succeed in gaining sb's respect, affection, etc. so that you can use the situation to your own advantage: In the first act, the villain insinuates himself into the household of the man he intends to kill.
3 [VN +adv./prep.] (formal) to slowly move yourself or a part of your body into a particular position or place: She insinuated her right hand under his arm.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 impute, suggest, hint, intimate, imply, whisper, indicate; convey, signify:
They insinuated that she married me for my money.
2 insert (oneself), inject (oneself), worm or work or inveigle or manoeuvre (oneself or one's way); infiltrate, intrude:
She insinuated herself into our group uninvited.
3 inject, infuse, instil, introduce:
Wild imaginings began to insinuate themselves into my mind.
Concise English dictionary
insinuates|insinuated|insinuatingɪn'sɪnjʊeɪt
verb
+introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner
+give to understand
