"yeah, right" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /jɛə̯ ɹaɪt/ [General-American], /jæ ɹaɪt/ [General-American], [jɛə̯˥˨ ɹaɪt˥˩] [General-American], [jɛə̯˥˧ (.) ɹaɪt˥˧] [General-American], [jæə̯˥˨ ɹaɪt˥˩] [General-American], [jæə̯˥˧ (.) ɹaɪt˥˧] [General-American] Audio: En-au-yeah, right.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} yeah, right
  1. (idiomatic, emphatic, colloquial) A sarcastic expression of disbelief. Tags: colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic Synonyms (sarcastic disbelief): as if Translations (sarcasm to express disbelief): չէ, հա՞ (čʿē, ha) (Armenian), sikkert (Danish), helt klart (Danish), ja klart nok (Danish), tuurlijk (Dutch), vast (Dutch), ja hoor (Dutch), niin varmaan (Finnish), niin vissiin (Finnish), just (Finnish), mon œil (French), mais bien sûr (French), tu parles (French), ja, klar (German), עָלֶק (álek) (Hebrew), se, lallero (Italian), ęʼęh (Navajo), isdaʼ (Navajo), særlig (Norwegian Bokmål), veldig (Norwegian Bokmål), sikkert (Norwegian Bokmål), det skal du få meg til å tro (english: try to make me believe that) (Norwegian Bokmål), tak jasne (Polish), ta jasne (Polish), no na bank (Polish), akurat (Polish), akuratnie [colloquial] (Polish), sei (Portuguese), claro (Portuguese), ага, коне́чно (aga, konéčno) (Russian), ну да (nu da) (Russian), mas fhìor (Scottish Gaelic), sí, cómo no (Spanish), claro (Spanish), jo tjena (Swedish), sällan (Swedish), säkert (Swedish), visst (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-yeah,_right-en-intj-sy~Aq3s7 Disambiguation of 'sarcastic disbelief': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'sarcasm to express disbelief': 96 4
  2. (colloquial, literally) Correct; affirmative; yes; yes, that is correct. Tags: colloquial, literally Synonyms: no, no way, uh-uh, yeah, yeah, bullshit, yeah right
    Sense id: en-yeah,_right-en-intj-ZowNhgPg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 92

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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "no na bank"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "akurat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "akuratnie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "sei"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "claro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aga, konéčno",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "ага, коне́чно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nu da",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "ну да"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "mas fhìor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "sí, cómo no"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "claro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "jo tjena"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "sällan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "säkert"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sarcasm to express disbelief",
      "word": "visst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yeah, right"
}

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