What does "intimating" mean?

present participle and gerund of intimate

What is a synonym for "intimating"?

Common synonyms include: close, confidant, familiar, informal, internal, personal.

Intimating

verb

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Verb

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present participle and gerund of intimate form-of, gerund, participle, present

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close confidant familiar informal internal personal

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"Guiltware is a piece of freeware decorated with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money."

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