Another word for facetious
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Adjective
Intended to excite laughter or amusement
- Demonstrating wit in expression, especially in speech or writing; clever and humorous:
- Characterized by or having the nature of wit; funny or jocular:
- Entertainingly and strikingly clever or original in concept, design, or performance:
- Characterized by joking.
- Given to joking.
- Given to joking; merry.
- Characterized by joking; humorous.
- Full of or characterized by humor; funny:
- Employing or showing humor; witty:
- Given to moods or whims; capricious.
- Causing laughter or amusement:
- Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms:
- Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something:
- Of or relating to comedy.
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Another word for facetious
Modifier
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- Present participle of wisecrack.
- Present participle of josh.
- To throw or toss with a light brisk motion:
- To toss in the air, imparting a spin:
- To cause to turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion:
- Sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality.
- Full of good humor and high spirits.
- Exhibiting or occasioning happiness or mirth; cheerful:
- Greatly pleasing; enjoyable:
- Deserving or inspiring ridicule; absurd, preposterous, or silly.
- Lacking propriety or decorum.
- Of or having the nature of an epigram.
- Containing or given to the use of epigrams.
- Of little worth or importance.
- Frivolous or foolish:
- Of, relating to, or characterized by satire.
- Given to or fond of making satirical remarks.
- Characterized by or constituting irony.
- Given to the use of irony.
- Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended:
- Expressing or marked by sarcasm.
- Given to using sarcasm:
- Of, containing, or seasoned with salt.
- Suggestive of the sea or sailing life.
- Witty; pungent; earthy:
- Funny in an understated, sarcastic, or ironic way:
- Temporarily twisted in an expression of distaste or displeasure:
- Abnormally twisted or bent to one side; crooked:
- Free from liquid or moisture:
- Having or characterized by little or no rain:
- Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture:
- Suggesting puzzlement; questioning.
- Teasing; mocking:
- Eccentric; odd.
- Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive:
- Humorous; jesting:
- Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful.
- Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical:
- Electromagnetic radiation that is visible, perceivable by the normal human eye as colors between red and violet, having frequencies between 400 terahertz and 790 terahertz and wavelengths between 750 nanometers and 380 nanometers.
- Electromagnetic radiation of any frequency or wavelength.
- The sensation of perceiving light; brightness:
- High-spirited, lively, or cheerful:
- Impudently bold; saucy:
- Attractive or stylish in appearance:
- Created in the fancy; imaginary or unreal:
- Tending to indulge in fancy:
- Showing invention or whimsy in design; imaginative.
- Characterized by, arising from, or subject to whimsy:
- Playful or fanciful, especially in a humorous way:
- Of or relating to farce.
- Resembling a farce; ludicrous.
- Ridiculously clumsy; absurd.
- So absurd or incongruous as to be laughable.
- Mentally quick and original; bright:
- Skilled at accomplishing things, especially with the hands:
- Crafty; cunning:
- Causing or deserving laughter or derision.
- Entertaining or pleasing.
- Arousing laughter.
- Amusingly odd or whimsically comical.
- A buffoon.
- Provoking mirth or amusement; funny.
- Of or relating to comedy.
- Giving or affording pleasure or enjoyment; agreeable:
- Pleasing in manner, behavior, or appearance.
- Fair and comfortable:
- Full of cheerfulness, liveliness, and good feelings:
- Marked by or offering fun, good feelings, and liveliness; festive:
- Brisk:
- Demonstrating wit in expression, especially in speech or writing; clever and humorous:
- Characterized by or having the nature of wit; funny or jocular:
- Entertainingly and strikingly clever or original in concept, design, or performance:
- Full of spirit and vitality; lively; brisk.
- In a lively, animated manner.
- Playful; frolicsome.
- Relating to or interested in sports.
- Amorous or wanton.
- Meant or expressed ironically or facetiously.
- Characterized by joking or jokes, especially stale or clumsy jokes:
- Present participle of joke.
- (UK, US, Ireland, colloquial) Kidding, trying to fool.
- The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
- Characteristic of or resembling a wag; jocular or witty.
- Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert:
- Talkative; voluble.
- Causing laughter or amusement:
- Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms:
- Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something:
- Full of or characterized by humor; funny:
- Employing or showing humor; witty:
- Given to moods or whims; capricious.
- Given to joking; merry.
- Characterized by joking; humorous.
- Characterized by joking.
- Given to joking.
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