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Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek
tongue-in-cheek
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Princeton's WordNet
bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheekadverb
cleverly amusing in tone
"a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
Antonyms:
unhumorous, humourless, humorlessbanteringly, tongue-in-cheekadverb
in a bantering fashion
"he spoke to her banteringly"
Synonyms:
banteringly, jokingly, facetiouslyAntonyms:
humorless, unhumorous, humourlessfacetiously, jokingly, tongue-in-cheekadverb
not seriously
"I meant it facetiously"
Synonyms:
banteringly, jestingly, jokingly, facetiouslyAntonyms:
humorless, unhumorous, humourless
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#61460 | jokingly | |
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How to use tongue-in-cheek in a sentence?
It's tongue in cheek, there were obviously no crickets on the debate stage.
Let's just say if the biggest mistake I make is a tongue-in-cheek tweet about a Rose Bowl, the American people will sleep safely when I am president of the United States.
The eccentricity I value is essentially benign, a harmless individualism that reflects a unique, cockeyed view of the world, and spices up what otherwise might be a mundane menu, these eccentrics tend to be self-aware and tongue in cheek. They're winking at us. Some eccentrics, moreover, are just visionaries ahead of their time, like the early advocates of such eccentric notions as animal welfare.
I have been saying sort of tongue in cheek and very seriously, institutional racism actually works better than this, this is incompetence.
Some of the reports from the physician came back, tongue-in-cheek, saying this was the most interesting group of women he'd ever encountered because they weren't having their periods.
Translations for tongue-in-cheek
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- tongue-in-kindDanish
- augenzwinkerndGerman
- γλώσσα στο μάγουλοGreek
- la lengua en la mejillaSpanish
- زبان درختیPersian
- ironinenFinnish
- ironiaItalian
- 혀를 씹는Korean
- ironischDutch
- tongue-in-cheekNorwegian
- jęk w policzekPolish
- limba-in-obrazRomanian
- лукавый, насмешливыйRussian
- LÄTTVINDIGSwedish
- צונג-אין-באַקYiddish
- 舌头在脸颊Chinese
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