sindiranBahasa Indonesia

quip, barb, caustic remark, clue, crack

Less common #19,305 of the corpus · 2.3 per million words · 9,687 occurrences

From sindir (…-an) · rare, #43,047

Noun

Showing your contempt by derision

English: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing

Bahasa: ejekan, ejek

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4 more noun senses

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

English: shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe

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A witty saying

English: epigram, quip

Bahasa: seloroh, usikan

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An indirect (and usually malicious) implication

English: insinuation, innuendo

Bahasa: kiasan, perlian

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Adjective

Disdainfully or ironically humorous, scornful and mocking

English: sardonic

Bahasa: mengejek, sinis

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