Definition of "insinuating" []

• Provoking gradual doubt or suspicion; suggestive: insinuating remarks. (adjective)
• Artfully contrived to gain favor or confidence; ingratiating. (adjective)

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• "They should either behave themselves or go ahead and have the violent revolution they keep insinuating is coming any day now."
• "Or at least that's what they're insinuating from the spam in my in-box."
• "Making a big deal about this is just a way for McCain's campaign to divert attention from the fact that in insinuating the supporting Obama was somehow supporting a terrorist agenda they were in fact enginging in "offensive" tactics that amounted to nothing but "a smear"."