Antonyms for tète-à-tète

Grammar : Noun

Spell : teyt-uh-teyt, tet-uh-tet; French te-ta-tet

Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪt əˈteɪt, ˈtɛt əˈtɛt; French tɛ taˈtɛt

Definition of tète-à-tète

Origin : "a private meeting," French, tête-à-tête, literally "head-to-head," from Old French teste "head" (see tester (n.2)). The adjective, "privately," is recorded from 1728.

As in conversation : noun dialogue, discourse

Example sentences :

He never interrupted a confidence; never marred a tete-a-tete.
Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

Pardon me for interrupting your tete-a-tete, but do you know who has charge of the games?
Extract from : « The Girl Scouts' Good Turn » by Edith Lavell

He seemed embarrassed by the tete-a-tete which, nevertheless, he had sought.
Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez

We literally burst unannounced into the tete-a-tete on the porch.
Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve

Jewel was not late to lunch, but eating it tete-a-tete with aunt Madge was not to her taste.
Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham

She replied that she was looking forward to their tete-a-tete.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

But I am afraid, my dear fellow, that I must leave you to a tete-a-tete with Eleanor.
Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I would rather keep my seat where I happen to be—and continue the tete-a-tete.
Extract from : « Hedda Gabler » by Henrik Ibsen

Us, in a tete-a-tete, is the most traitorous word in the whole language.
Extract from : « Gerfaut, Complete » by Charles de Bernard

The sweetness of a tete-a-tete might diminish the bitterness of recollections.
Extract from : « Zibeline, Complete » by Phillipe de Massa

Synonyms for tète-à-tète

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