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Synonyms & Antonyms of tongue-in-cheek
as in flippant, facetious
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek
- abrupt,
- blunt,
- brusque
- (also brusk),
- concise,
- crisp,
- curt,
- gruff,
- pithy,
- snippety,
- snippy,
- succinct,
- terse
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for tongue-in-cheek
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The first known use of tongue-in-cheek was in 1856
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