Thesaurus / insinuate
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In fact, one British optician was actually fined for insinuating that blue light glasses can protect against DES, given that there’s no scientific evidence of this.
DO BLUE LIGHT GLASSES REALLY WORK?BILLY CADDENJUNE 25, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEGone are the days when the creators of That ’70s Show had to devise elaborate gimmicks and rely on euphemistic slang in order to insinuate that its teenage characters were smoking pot while avoiding network blowback.
3 NEW STONER-FRIENDLY TV SERIES TO WATCH ON 4/20JUDY BERMANAPRIL 20, 2021TIMEAlthough Rivera held out the possibility of reaching a long-term agreement with Scherff before the July 15 deadline, he also insinuated the team is prepared to have him play on an $18 million salary.
RON RIVERA DISCUSSES ALEX SMITH RELEASE, SAYS WASHINGTON IS STILL WEIGHING OPTIONS AT QBNICKI JHABVALAMARCH 10, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSmith said at season’s end that he planned to “take a few weeks” to decide his future in football, but in later interviews he strongly insinuated that he wanted to keep playing.
ALEX SMITH RELEASED BY WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM, BECOMES A FREE AGENT FOR FIRST TIMENICKI JHABVALAMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWe hope that the report — which we have not seen — and those sharing the information would not insinuate to the public that there is a danger present.
NEW REPORT FINDS TOXIC HEAVY METALS IN POPULAR BABY FOODS. FDA FAILED TO WARN CONSUMERS OF RISK.LAURA REILEYFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOn the other hand, it clearly insinuates that there were unspecified instances of substandard performance by Wolfe.
‘IT’S A SHOT AT MY REPUTATION’: LAUREN WOLFE REACTS TO NYT’S STATEMENT ABOUT HER DISMISSALERIK WEMPLEJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBoth are very charming in Trolus, and he has turned them to good account to insinuate himself or to overcome a difficulty.
THE 'CHARACTERS' OF JEAN DE LA BRUYREJEAN DE LA BRUYREA vague, ridiculous, unfounded sort of jealousy of the Harpers had begun to insinuate itself.
ROBIN REDBREASTMARY LOUISA MOLESWORTH"How dare you insinuate——" began Murray, and he violently shook the old man by the collar.
JACK HARKAWAY'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKSBRACEBRIDGE HEMYNGDo you insinuate that I am naturally an object for laughter?
PAUL PATOFFF. MARION CRAWFORDWORDS RELATED TO INSINUATE
- be apprehensive of
- be curious
- be dubious
- be in a quandary
- be puzzled
- be uncertain
- be undetermined
- call in question
- challenge
- demur
- disbelieve
- discredit
- dispute
- distrust
- fear
- fluctuate
- give no credence
- harbor suspicion
- have one's doubts
- have qualms
- hesitate
- imagine
- impugn
- insinuate
- misgive
- mistrust
- not buy
- query
- question
- read differently
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticize
- smell a rat
- surmise
- suspect
- take dim view of
- vacillate
- waver
- wonder
- wonder at
- access
- barge in
- bayonet
- blow in
- bore
- break in
- breeze in
- bust in
- charge
- come
- crack
- diffuse
- drill
- drive
- eat through
- encroach
- enter
- filter in
- force
- get in
- go through
- gore
- impale
- infiltrate
- ingress
- insert
- insinuate
- introduce
- invade
- jab
- knife
- make a hole
- make an entrance
- pass through
- percolate
- perforate
- permeate
- pervade
- pop in
- prick
- probe
- puncture
- ream
- run into
- saturate
- seep
- sink into
- spear
- stab
- stick into
- suffuse
- thrust
- trespass
- assume
- be suggestive of
- convey the impression
- create the impression
- give the feeling of
- give the idea of
- have the appearance of
- have the aspects of
- have the earmarks of
- have the features of
- have the qualities of
- hint
- imply
- insinuate
- intimate
- look
- look as if
- look like
- look to be
- make a show of
- pretend
- resemble
- show
- show every sign of
- sound
- sound like
- strike one as being
- suggest
- assumed
- conveyed the impression
- created the impression
- gave the feeling of
- gave the idea of
- had the appearance of
- had the aspects of
- had the earmarks of
- had the features of
- had the qualities of
- hinted
- implied
- insinuated
- intimated
- looked
- looked as if
- looked like
- looked to was
- made a show of
- pretended
- resembled
- showed
- showed every sign of
- sounded
- sounded like
- struck one as was
- suggested
- was suggestive of
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