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say it: in-si-nyoo-AY-shuhn
insinuation is a noun meaning "an indirect (and usually malicious) implication". It carries 2 recorded senses.
an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments
“she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for insinuation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.