as in wiseass
a person who likes to show off in a clever but annoying way
a loudmouthed wiseacre who thinks he is more amusing than he really is
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Recent Examples of wiseacre
Similarly, the Pink Ladies, a popular clique headed by Rizzo (Stockard Channing), deliver their wiseacre lines with a fair dose of irony.
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Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
Mark Kelly The boat, the train and the paradigm shift were all missed by Apple, according to the wiseacres.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 June 2023
At the height of his career, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, film director Mike Nichols was widely regarded as something akin to the nation’s satirist in chief — our principal wit, wag, and wiseacre.
—Peter Tonguette, National Review, 4 Mar. 2021
The rest is an affirming mixture of pathos and zingers, memories and regrets, all told in the wiseacre voice of Duffy Sinclair.
—Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
The wiseacres at Ivy and Coney are once again turning their neighborhood tavern into a month-long celebration of Hanukkah.
—Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
Bugs Bunny likes carrots and is a wiseacre, but Mickey is a cypher.
—Oliver Staley, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2020
The young cast of the first IT was, unsurprisingly, in large part made up of unknowns, with Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard, who played the wiseacre Richie, the best known of the bunch.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 July 2019
Once, as a wiseacre adolescent, he was almost cast opposite Burt Reynolds in an early '90s buddy-cop comedy, and really wishes that had panned out.
—August Brown, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024
Mark Kelly The boat, the train and the paradigm shift were all missed by Apple, according to the wiseacres.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 June 2023
At the height of his career, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, film director Mike Nichols was widely regarded as something akin to the nation’s satirist in chief — our principal wit, wag, and wiseacre.
—Peter Tonguette, National Review, 4 Mar. 2021
The rest is an affirming mixture of pathos and zingers, memories and regrets, all told in the wiseacre voice of Duffy Sinclair.
—Joyce Sáenz Harris, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
The wiseacres at Ivy and Coney are once again turning their neighborhood tavern into a month-long celebration of Hanukkah.
—Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
Bugs Bunny likes carrots and is a wiseacre, but Mickey is a cypher.
—Oliver Staley, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2020
The young cast of the first IT was, unsurprisingly, in large part made up of unknowns, with Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard, who played the wiseacre Richie, the best known of the bunch.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 July 2019
Once, as a wiseacre adolescent, he was almost cast opposite Burt Reynolds in an early '90s buddy-cop comedy, and really wishes that had panned out.
—August Brown, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiseacre
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But since the emergence of a kinder, gentler Deadpool in the wiseass character’s first stand-alone movie, Wade has carried on a long-distance flirtation with Wolverine.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
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His expression was again lightly sardonic: a Jewish wiseass, a natural resister and conspirator, one maybe even handicapped in that role by looking too much the part.John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Also, the movie knows when to ease up on the wisenheimer instinct.Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
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Stan is a bit of a wisenheimer, and Sandler puts his natural yappiness to good use.Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
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Tennessee is currently a 2.5-point favorite, an indication the wise guys believe Love is unlikely to play.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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The wise guys prefer the Bucs’ Mike Evans to follow suit, but my money’s on Godwin.Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
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The film stars Janelle Monáe in overlapping roles as a 21st-century professional smarty named Veronica and an enslaved woman named Eden who is forced into labor on a cotton plantation.Washington Post, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
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In addition to Johnson, East High's resident smarty-pants, Monique Coleman will be reprising her role as the brilliant Taylor McKessie and Broadway veteran Alyson Reed will be back as the kooky Ms. Darbus.Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2022
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Newton scored and so did backcourt mate Cam Spencer, that different style of smart aleck, who had 20.Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
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Perry portrayed sweet, sarcastic smart aleck Chandler Bing for 10 seasons on Friends, garnering an Emmy nomination.EW.com, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2023
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“Wiseacre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiseacre. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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