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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"
Synonyms:
tongue-in-cheek, facetious, banteringAntonyms:
unhumorous, humourless, humorlessbanteringly, tongue-in-cheekadverb
in a bantering fashion
"he spoke to her banteringly"
Synonyms:
tongue-in-cheek, banteringly, jokingly, facetiouslyAntonyms:
humorless, unhumorous, humourlessfacetiously, jokingly, tongue-in-cheekadverb
not seriously
"I meant it facetiously"
Synonyms:
tongue-in-cheek, banteringly, jestingly, jokingly, facetiouslyAntonyms:
humorless, unhumorous, humourless
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How to use Tongue-in-Cheek in a sentence?
'Medical Considerations of WASPS' determined that menstruation was 'not a handicap to flying and there was no relationship to accidents,' 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.
It's a fun project, most of all, they're meant to be sort of tongue in cheek.
My page is run in a tongue-in-cheek way so I can never back down, so I fought fire with fire.
It's tongue in cheek, there were obviously no crickets on the debate stage.
One night, we just said 'Yellow Fever!' and it worked. It's tongue-in-cheek, kind of shocking, and it's not exclusive — you can fit all Asian cultures under one roof with a name like this. We just decided to go for it.
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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