witticisms

plural of witticism

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Recent Examples of witticisms Perhaps the only thing Gore Vidal enjoyed more than dispensing witticisms—or sipping a Macallan single malt—was being photographed. Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025 Batemen gets a few moving monologues, but Vince’s heavier dose of morbid witticisms aren’t enough to overcome his pervasive selfishness and abominable behavior (nor is a late-arriving revelation about his past). Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025 Discontent is brimming with witticisms and scathing observations about our modern-day malaise. Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025 Playing Jimmy, McKellen gets to unleash some truly withering witticisms. Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witticisms
Noun
  • And no … no more short jokes from me.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This was a couple who had never stopped laughing at one another’s jokes, who still held hands like teenagers into their 50s.
    Bee Wilson, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Major props are due to the tour’s clever production design, which has been conceived in a way that sometimes is played for broad laughs and sometimes more subtly sets up the themes of the material without the band members having to talk so much.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As Cory's spacey, swoon-worthy big brother Eric, Friedle brought the laughs and, sometimes, the older child wisdom.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Witticisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witticisms. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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