yeah, right

See also: yeah right

English

Alternative forms

yeah right

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /jæ ɹaɪt/, (disbelief) [jæə̯˥˨ ɹaɪt˥˩], (affirmative) [jæə̯˥˧ (.) ɹaɪt˥˧]

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Interjection

yeah, right

(idiomatic, emphatic, colloquial) A sarcastic expression of disbelief.
Your dog ate your homework? Yeah, right.
(colloquial, literally) Correct; affirmative; yes; yes, that is correct.
- 2007 Matthew B.J. Delaney, Jinn: A Novel:
  “You were watching the front.”
  “Oh yeah, right. So I'm watching the front, and I hear this commotion upstairs. So as I'm looking up, something catches my eye.”

Synonyms

(Sarcastic disbelief): no, no way, uh-uh

Antonyms

(Correct, affirmative, yes): yeah right, right-o, yes, correct

Translations

sarcasm to express disbelief

Armenian: չէ, հա՞ (čʿē, ha^?)
Dutch: tuurlijk (nl), vast (nl), ja hoor
Finnish: just (fi), niin vissiin
French: ouais, c'est ça (yeah, that's it), ouais, t'as raison (yeah, you're right), mon œil (fr)
German: ja, klar
Navajo: ęʼęh, isdaʼ

Norwegian:
Bokmål: særlig (no), veldig (no), sikkert (no), det skal du få meg til å tro (try to make me believe that)
Polish: tak jasne, ta jasne, no na bank
Portuguese: sei (pt), claro (pt)
Russian: ага, коне́чно (aga, konéčno)
Swedish: sällan (sv), säkert (sv), visst (sv)

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