Crossword clues for hinted
hinted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hint \Hint\ (h[i^]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hinting.] [OE. henten, hinten, to seize, to catch, AS. hentan to pursue, take, seize; or Icel. ymta to mutter, ymtr a muttering, Dan. ymte to whisper. [root]36. Cf. Hent.] To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.
Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike.
--Pope.
Syn: To suggest; intimate; insinuate; imply.
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vb. (en-past of: hint)
Usage examples of "hinted".
Bildad, as I hinted before, had concluded his adventurous career by wholly retiring from active life at the goodly age of sixty, and dedicating his remaining days to the quiet receiving of his well-earned income.
To this, in substance, he replied, that though what I hinted was true enough, yet he had a particular affection for his own harpoon, because it was of assured stuff, well tried in many a mortal combat, and deeply intimate with the hearts of whales.
In short, he plainly hinted that we could not possibly do better than try pot-luck at the Try Pots.
But, as before hinted, for some time there was a continual fetching and carrying on board of divers odds and ends of things, both large and small.
As I hinted before, this whalebone marquee was never pitched except in port.
From even the barely hinted imputation of usurpation, and the possible consequences of such a suppressed impression gaining ground, Ahab must of course have been most anxious to protect himself.
Therefore he had not solicited a boat’s crew from them, nor had he in any way hinted his desires on that head.
The lake, as I have hinted, was to a considerable depth exceedingly transparent.
Yet his scrutinizing inspection revealed no arcane runes or markings of any kind that hinted at its properties.
He has something else ahead of him, an adventure that he has often hinted at but never fully explained.
If Catti-brie had hinted at anything other than her intentions to go to Settlestone, the dwarf had simply missed it.
Thus, when, at their last meeting, Jarlaxle hinted "it would not be wise to harbor Drizzt Do'Urden," Firble, with his understanding of drow ways, reasoned that the dark elves would indeed march for Mithril Hall, in a force unified by the fear of the one who had so utterly crushed the third house.
Bruenor and Berkthgar seemed old friends now—Bruenor had even hinted on several occasions that he might be willing to let the barbarian wield Aegis-fang.
Bruenor had hinted at the generous offer mostly because he knew it wouldn't really cost him anything, Catti-brie suspected.
The two friends tried to apologize for Harkle's arrival several times, but Deudermont brushed such thoughts away, even hinted that he was not so upset about the Harpell's arrival.