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Meanings of
witticism
in anglès
portuguès
humor
català
facècia
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A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
humor
wit
humour
wittiness
català
facècia
Sinònims
Examples for "
humor
"
humor
wit
humour
wittiness
Examples for "
humor
"
1
He had good looks, a sharp mind, and good sense of
humor
.
2
I saw no reason not to
humor
Nina a few minutes longer.
3
The latter, his great good
humor
intact, helped Catso to his feet.
4
Perhaps that's the best way to deal with offensive
humor
or heckling.
5
At the moment, I don't have a very good sense of
humor
.
1
You forgot the knave in the
wit
;
and the mistake was incurable.
2
He'd taken thousands of endowments of brawn,
wit
,
and stamina, of course.
3
In Churchill's text,
wit
floats without context: there are no stage directions.
4
For good measure, it also confirmed that he can wield
wit
visually.
5
Endowments of
wit
came from three of the horse-sisters' brightest young students.
1
Your enthusiasm, good
humour
and good sportsmanship certainly rubbed off on us.
2
The
humour
is not in the plot, but in the general dialogue.
3
Its people have used
humour
for years to cope with difficult situations.
4
The family immediately took a snap, seeing the
humour
of the situation.
5
Cowell said: I think they better get their sense of
humour
back.
1
Of late he's frequently commended for his
wittiness
,
and quotes a few examples.
2
This kind of
wittiness
is known elsewhere as mere vulgarity.
3
Your lack of sensitivity wrapped in uncompromising
wittiness
meant the public got the unfiltered truth.
4
Then, the
wittiness
of the drawing-room turned into shrewdness as it crossed the office threshold.
5
A man of more wisdom than
wittiness
,
and brain than fancy; and abler to any thing than to make verses.
Usage of
witticism
in anglès
1
The critic who has hatched a
witticism
is impelled to this opinion.
2
The
witticism
appeared generally agreeable, and I laughed with the rest.
3
The spirit of the blasphemous
witticism
attributed to another Italian, viz.
4
The young people appreciated this last
witticism
and roared with laughter.
5
This often aroused sardonic
witticism
from some of the other students.
6
The
witticism
appeared somewhat too stinging, and there was a murmur of protest.
7
Imbesi started to make a quip in response, but the
witticism
died a-borning.
8
We laughed at my minor
witticism
and continued looking around the jewelry stands.
9
Anticipating the usual reaction, Perry had diverted any
witticism
I might have offered.
10
Submit your
witticism
and an e-mail address into the Reddit widget.
11
Mr. Knox chuckled at his mild little
witticism
and twinkled at me jocosely.
12
Rachel glanced at Ryan to see if he'd appreciated her
witticism
.
13
If that was a
witticism
,
mused Gurney, it went by unappreciated.
14
Mrs. Pomfret smiled, and mentally noted this aptly technical
witticism
for use again.
15
Christian grinned in the darkness as he remembered Knuhlen's rough
witticism
.
16
Not much cause for merriment, perhaps; but how they both enjoyed the
witticism
!
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
witticism
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
own witticism
brilliant witticism
clever witticism
current witticism
little witticism
More collocations
Translations for
witticism
portuguès
humor
català
facècia
gràcia
Witticism
through the time
Witticism
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common