| 单词 | wittiness |
| 释义 | wittiness (once / 328315 pages) n WORD FAMILY witty: wittier, wittiest, wittily, wittiness+/wit: witless, wits, witticism, witty/witless: witlessly/witticism: witticisms USAGE EXAMPLESOn the campaign trail, though, he mixes contrition with wittiness. New York Times(Jun 24, 2013) And the result would be that he would kill the wittiness of the lines by burlesque. Lytton, Henry A., The Secrets of a Savoyard(2012) He presently found himself by the side of one Isabella Fanshawe, a sprightly widow, greatly famed for her wittiness and good looks. Heyer, Georgette, The Black Moth—A Romance of the XVI...(2012) n a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter Syn|Hypo|Hyper humor, humour, wit, witticism jeu d'esprit a witty comment or writing bon mot, mota clever remark esprit de l'escaliera witty remark that occurs to you too late bite, pungencywit having a sharp and caustic quality caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satirewitty language used to convey insults or scorn reparteeadroitness and cleverness in reply gag, jape, jest, joke, laugha humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter caricature, imitation, impersonationa representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect cartoon, sketcha humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine fun, play, sportverbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) ribaldryribald humor topperan exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before mock-heroica satirical imitation of heroic verse backchat, banter, give-and-take, raillerylight teasing repartee belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wowa joke that seems extremely funny blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty storyan indelicate joke ethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic group funny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people one-linera one-line joke shaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness sick jokea joke in bad taste sight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travestya composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way jocosity, jocularityfun characterized by humor waggery, waggishnesswaggish behavior clowning, comedy, drollery, funninessa comic incident or series of incidents paronomasia, pun, punning, wordplaya humorous play on words cartoon strip, comic strip, funnies, stripa sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about |
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