"insinuation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-insinuation.wav Forms: insinuations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French insinuation, from Old French, from Latin insinuatio, from īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”), from in (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|insinuation}} Middle French insinuation, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|insinuatio}} Latin insinuatio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} insinuation (countable and uncountable, plural insinuations)
  1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means): подмазване (podmazvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), докарване (dokarvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), insinuation [feminine] (French), ინსინუაცია (insinuacia) (Georgian), Einschmeicheln [neuter] (German), Anbiedern [neuter] (German), Bauchpinseln [neuter] (German), Einschmeichelei [feminine] (German), Anbiederung [feminine] (German), инсинуа́ция (insinuácija) [feminine] (Russian), insinuación [feminine] (Spanish)
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  3. The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  4. That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion): намек (namek) [masculine] (Bulgarian), инсинуация (insinuacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), insinuació [feminine] (Catalan), insinuation [common-gender] (Danish), insinuation [feminine] (French), ინსინუაცია (insinuacia) (Georgian), Unterstellung [feminine] (German), Andeutung [feminine] (German), Anspielung [feminine] (German), versteckte Andeutung [feminine] (German), unterschwellige Anspielung [feminine] (German), insinuazione (Italian), insynuacja [feminine] (Polish), insinuação (Portuguese), инсинуа́ция (insinuácija) [feminine] (Russian), намёк (namjók) [masculine] (Russian), insinuacija (Serbo-Croatian), insinuación (Spanish), insinuation [common-gender] (Swedish), parinig (Tagalog), patama (Tagalog), patutsada [slang] (Tagalog)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: insinuate, insinuator

Inflected forms

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