Disingenuous
Disingenuous adjective - Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness.
With tongue in cheek and disingenuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "With tongue in cheek" instead an adjective "Disingenuous".
Nearby Word: disingenuously
With tongue in cheek
Disingenuous and with tongue in cheek are semantically related. You can use "Disingenuous" instead an adjective phrase "With tongue in cheek".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hollow and disingenuous
- hollow and with tongue in cheek
- dishonest and disingenuous
- dishonest and with tongue in cheek
- false and disingenuous
- false and with tongue in cheek
- deceptive and disingenuous
- deceptive and with tongue in cheek
- double-dealing and disingenuous
- double-dealing and with tongue in cheek
- faithless and disingenuous
- faithless and with tongue in cheek
- lying and disingenuous
- lying and with tongue in cheek
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With tongue in cheek and Disingenuous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/disingenuous/with_tongue_in_cheek
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