Word of the Week is a weekly competition for all KS3 and KS4 students. This week’s word is…

Insinuate

(verb) to suggest or imply something negative in an indirect and unpleasant way.

Synonyms: hint, suggest, imply

Examples

To analyse:  In Animal Farm, Squealer insinuates that the other animals are stupid because they question the pigs decisions.

To describe: Joe waited until Ellie wasn’t looking. He caught my eye, pointed at his own head and circled his index finger round and round, insinuating that she was crazy.

Word Warrior: the winner for last week’s word (clarity) is Keira Parmar, 7IKN – find Miss Chapman in G1 to receive your prize. 

To be in with a chance of becoming this week’s Word Warrior just write a sentence using this word, put your name on it and give it to Miss Chapman (in G1 or the English office).