"wit" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

wit sustantivo

sustantivo + wit
Kolokacji: 6
rapier wit • acid wit • De Wit • Antoni Wit • trademark wit • ...
wit + verbo
Kolokacji: 4
wit makes • wit comes • wit helps • wit begins
verbo + wit
Kolokacji: 17
keep one's wits • use one's wits • lose one's wits • match wits • know for one's wit • ...
adjetivo + wit
Kolokacji: 57
quick wit • dry wit • sharp wit • sly wit • great wit • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) quick, ready, clever, nimble
Kolokacji: 4
(2) dry, wry, ironic, droll
Kolokacji: 4
1. sardonic wit = sardoniczny dowcip sardonic wit
2. mordant wit = cięty żart mordant wit
3. sarcastic wit = sarkastyczne poczucie humoru sarcastic wit
4. satirical wit = satyryczny dowcip satirical wit
  • Heine's later verse and prose is distinguished by its satirical wit and irony.
  • People of all social classes are subject to Jonson's ruthless, satirical wit.
  • From the satirical wit of "The Player" (both novel and screenplay), he has moved ever more corrosively beyond the pale.
  • It was vintage Fey, combining sharp satirical wit with a faux seriousness and a sudden attack of insecurity.
  • Looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth and yet has a satirical wit.
  • Over the years there has been much debate and many broad assertions made on as to what this paramount of Clemen's satirical wit implies.
  • In 1979, his satirical wit got Mr. Tsonev arrested.
  • Huysmans' work is considered remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, large vocabulary, descriptions, satirical wit and far-ranging erudition.
  • The Cubists had become by 1911 a legitimate target for critical disdain and satirical wit.
  • Mr. Hiller was a prolific composer who wrote both electronic and conventional scores, some of which are enlivened by a satirical wit.
5. satiric wit = satyryczny dowcip satiric wit
(8) verbal, slow, dim
Kolokacji: 3
(9) wicked, playful, mischievous
Kolokacji: 3
(10) lively, irreverent
Kolokacji: 2
(11) genuine, real, legendary
Kolokacji: 3
(12) natural, musical, lacerating
Kolokacji: 3
(13) razor-sharp, pointed
Kolokacji: 2
(14) savage, cynical, malicious
Kolokacji: 3
(15) delicate, brittle
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + wit
Kolokacji: 12
to wit • of wit • with wit • for one's wit • out of one's wits • ...

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