Antonyms for tongue-in-cheek


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tuhng
Phonetic Transcription : tʌŋ


Definition of tongue-in-cheek

Origin :
  • 1933, from phrase to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek "to speak insincerely" (1748), which somehow must have been suggestive of sly irony or humorous insincerity, but the exact notion is obscure.
  • adj ironic and insincere

Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek

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