insinuate

2 definitions • 4 examples

to suggest, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true:

[ + (that) ] Are you insinuating (that) I'm losing my nerve?

What are you insinuating, Daniel?

to express but not directly state something:

What exactly are you insinuating?

[ + (that) clause ] She insinuated (that) I’m getting fat.