yeah, right

See also: yeah right

English

Alternative forms

• yeah right

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (AU):

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Interjection

yeah, right

1. (idiomatic, emphatic, colloquial) A sarcastic expression of disbelief.

   Your dog ate your homework? Yeah, right.

2. (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, yeah, yeah; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

Antonyms

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

Translations

sarcasm to express disbelief

• Armenian: չէ, հա՞ (čʻē, ha^?)
• Danish: sikkert (da), helt klart, ja klart nok
• Dutch: tuurlijk (nl), vast (nl), ja hoor
• Finnish: just (fi), niin vissiin
• French: mon œil (fr), mais bien sûr (fr)
• German: ja, klar
• Hebrew: עָלֶק (álek)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)