| Insinuating 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Insinuate. 2. (a.) Winding, creeping, or flowing in, quietly or stealthily; suggesting; winning favor and confidence insensibly. Thesaurus Entries adulatory, allusive, allusory, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, deferential, disarming, fair-spoken, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, fulsome, gushing, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, implicational, implicative, implicatory, indicative, inferential, insincere, insinuative, insinuatory, ironic, mealymouthed, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, referential, saccharine, silken, silky, slimy, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soapy, soft-soaping, suggestive, sycophantic, unctuous, wheedling |