English Dictionary

insinuate

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈsɪnjueɪt/

動詞

稀用 広義 比喩的用法

To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement. / (rare) To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.

日本語の意味

遠回しに暗示する（通常、悪いことをほのめかす） / 忍び寄る、じわじわと入り込む

She tried to insinuate that I had forgotten the meeting without saying it outright.

彼女ははっきり言わずに、私が会議を忘れたとほのめかそうとした。

意味（1）

To hint; to suggest tacitly (usually something bad) while avoiding a direct statement.

She insinuated that her friends had betrayed her.

意味（2）

(rare) To creep, wind, or flow into; to enter gently, slowly, or imperceptibly, as into crevices.

Water will insinuate itself into Flints through certain imperceptible Cracks

意味（3）

(figuratively, by extension) To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means.

All the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment.

insinuates （ present singular third-person ）

insinuating （ participle present ）

insinuated （ participle past ）

insinuated （ past ）