tongue-in-cheek
2
6.8
- idiom
- /ˈtʌŋɪnˌtʃik/
- Informal
:
irónico
- I like my comic book adaptations and superhero movies made a bit more tongue-in-cheek.
- tongue-in-cheek, he said
So I think that was rusty being tongue in cheek with Jamie, But that was a great quote.
- So I think that was rusty being tongue in cheek with Jamie, But that was a great quote.
- But it, it, it's a, it's a kind of tongue in cheek thing because I can't fly a plane.
- I think that was obviously tongue in cheek at the time and no football club knows that statement is not true more than Liverpool Football Club, but it's very close to being true.
- Her first tongue in cheek, cheek question began with I understand that you are a versatile, attractive, talented senior.
Examples
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I think that was obviously tongue in cheek at the time and no football club knows that statement is not true more than Liverpool Football Club, but it's very close to being true.
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The artist's latest painting was tongue-in-cheek, poking fun at traditional art styles.
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Mirsky did not share Deloria's skill in writing or her tongue-in-cheek style.
Academic text (2018) -
In his usual bright, tongue-in-cheek tone, he said he could always sell previously owned vehicles in Granite City, like he did before he figured out what he wanted to do with his life.
Fiction book (2001) -
I like to think Gene was being tongue-in-cheek when he said that—I certainly hope so.
Academic text (2014) -
Notes, a journal published by the ACM, the largest professional association of computer scientists, is known mostly for the tongue-in-cheek catalogue of technical catastrophes that appears at the beginning of each issue.
Academic text (2005) -
Sister Maurlene (reluctantly, though tongue in cheek): "Yes, I'm supposed to treat you as if you were Christ himself."
Blog text (20) -
While so obviously tongue-in-cheek (thanks for the amusement), it does raise the question of what comparatively little "amount" of physical wealth can be transferred into an immense amount of material goods and services.
Blog text (2) -
Ace of Spades is a right-wing blogger, and although it's written more from the losers' point of view (somewhat tongue-in-cheek, it seemed to me), it should resonate with all sides.
Blog text (2) -
His tongue-in-cheek comment about becoming a superhero surprised everyone at the meeting.
Synonyms
49
4.8
Saying the opposite of what you mean to be funny or mocking
21
7.5
Showing dry, slightly mocking humor and not taking things seriously
14
8.1
To make jokes that are not serious and may upset people
6
3.9
Said or done to be funny rather than serious
2
1.2
Meant to be funny, not serious
1
6.4
Saying the opposite of what you mean to be funny or mocking
1
9.0
To make jokes by using words with two meanings
Friendly teasing that makes people laugh
Antonyms
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tongue-in-cheek is like a joke hidden in what someone says. Think of someone pressing their tongue into their cheek to hide a true feeling and show the remark is 'not serious'.