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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Laugh in One's Sleeve (To). The French is: "Rire sous cape, " or "Rire sous son bonnet. " The German is: "Ins faüstchen lachen. " The Latin is: "In stomacho ridere. " These expressions indicate secret derision: laughing at one, not with one. But such phrases as "In sinu gaudere " mean to feel secret joy, to rejoice in one's heart of hearts. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Smile, simper, smirk; grin, grin like a Cheshire cat; mock, laugh in one's sleeve; laugh, laugh outright; giggle, titter, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle; burst out, burst into a fit of laughter; shout, split, roar. |
Contempt | Look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at; (unimportance); set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one;s fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise"; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas; laugh at; (be disrespectful). |
Disrespect | Verb: hold in disrespect; (despise); misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; be disrespectful; Adjective:, be discourteous; treat with disrespect;Noun: set down, put down, browbeat. |
Latency Implication | Laugh in one's sleeve; keep back; (conceal). |
Ridicule | Verb: ridicule, deride, mock, taunt; laugh in one's sleeve; tease, badinage, banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze; tehee; fleer; show up. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "LAUGH IN ONE'S SLEEVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | qesh nën hundë (giggle). (various references) | |
French | rire sous cape, rire dans sa barbe. (various references) | |
Hungarian | markába nevet (to laugh in one's sleeve, to laugh up one's sleeve, to laugh up to one's sleeve). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aughlay inay one'say eeveslay.(various references) | |
Romanian | râde pe sub mustãţi, râde în barbã. (various references) | |
Turkish | kıs kıs gülmek (lough like a hyena, snicker, snigger, tehee, titter, twitter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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