Facetious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
  • adj. Pleasantly humorous, jocular.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular.
  • adj. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sportive; jocular, without lack of dignity; abounding in fun: as, a facetious companion.
  • Full of pleasantry; playful, but not undignified; exciting laughter: as, a facetious story.
  • Synonyms Merry, Jovial, etc. (see jolly); jocose, humorous, funny, droll, comical.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. cleverly amusing in tone
  • Equivalent
    humourous    humorous   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    merry    sportive    jocular    humorous    funny    witty   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    specious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    satirical    jocular    sarcastic    playful    waggish    jovial    witty    sprightly    mirthful    sardonic