well, well, well

interjection

Indicating pondering or consideration, often with sarcasm or mock surprise.

“Well, well, well. What have we here?”

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Meanings

interjection
  1. Indicating pondering or consideration, often with sarcasm or mock surprise.

    Well, well, well. What have we here?

    2 more examples

    Well, well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.

    “Well, well, well!” said Umbridge, looking triumphant. “Little Miss Question-All is going to give us some answers! Come on then, girl, come on!”

    2003, J. K. Rowling, chapter 32, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  2. InternetUsed with interleaved emoji to express a lack of surprise that a particular group is involved in a certain event or controversy, as they would be the "usual suspects".

    Well👃well🐀well✡️

    2026 January 3, @mokhanhim, X (post), archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026
    4 more examples

    Well🇵🇰well🇵🇰well🇵🇰well🇵🇰

    2025 November 22, @Warlock_mohit, X (post), archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026

    Well🇮🇳well🇮🇳well🇮🇳 look at where all of these masculine LARP accounts are from

    2025 November 23, @kangminlee, X (post), archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026

    From "drugs" to oil and invasion, it's the same playbook every time ¶ Well🇺🇸well🦅well🪖

    2025 December 13, @Truthful_ast, X (post), archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026

    Well🇨🇳Well🪳Well🦠

    2026 March 15, @UT_1020, X (post), archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026

    Synonyms: every single time

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionUsed with interleaved emoji to express a lack of surprise that a particular group is involved in a certain event or controversy, as they would be the "usual suspects".

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every single time
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well, i never

Translations

Catalan aviam, aviam, vaja, vaja
  • aviam, aviamindicating consideration
  • vaja, vajaindicating consideration
Chinese Mandarin 哦哟哟, 行了，行了
  • 哦哟哟 (oyoyo)indicating consideration
  • 行了，行了 (xíngle xíngle)indicating consideration
Czech ale, ale, ale
  • ale, ale, aleindicating consideration
Finnish jaa-ha, kappas vain
  • jaa-haindicating consideration
  • kappas vainindicating consideration
Greek βρε, βρε, βρε
  • βρε, βρε, βρε (vre, vre, vre)indicating consideration
Hungarian nocsak, nocsak, nocsak
  • nocsak, nocsak, nocsakindicating consideration
Italian bene, bene
  • bene, beneindicating consideration
Polish proszę
  • proszęindicating consideration
Portuguese ora, ora, ora
  • ora, ora, oraindicating consideration
Romanian măi, măi, măi
  • măi, măi, măiindicating consideration
Russian так-так
  • так-так (tak-tak)indicating consideration
Spanish vaya, vaya, vaya
  • vaya, vaya, vayaindicating consideration
Swedish men, men, men
  • men, men, menindicating consideration
Cite this entry
APA

well, well, well. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well%2C%20well%2C%20well

MLA

“well, well, well.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well%2C%20well%2C%20well. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “well, well, well,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well%2C%20well%2C%20well.

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