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Word | Facetious |
Portuguese Meaning | faceto |
cleverly amusing in tone; a bantering tone; facetious remarks; tongue-in-cheek advice / Given to wit and good humor / joking (often inappropriately); humorous / treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. / used to describe speech that is meant to be funny but that is usually regarded as annoying, silly, or not proper, | |
Usage | ⇒ He kept making facetious remarks in the hall ⇒ I'm serious about this project; I don't need any facetious, smart-alecky cracks about do-good little rich girls. ⇒ the essay is a facetious commentary on the absurdity of war as a solution for international disputes ⇒ You learn very soon never to tell a joke or make a facetious remark. |
Synonyms | funny, witty, jocular, comical, droll, humorous, jocose, waggish, ludicrous, amusing, laughable, comic, playful, smart, whimsical, pleasant, ridiculous, clever, farcical, frivolous, |
Antonyms | serious, grave, formal, solemn, earnest, sober, doleful, humorless, severe, somber, sorry, uncomic, unfunny, unsmiling, austere, bleak, brainless, cheerless, conventional, corny, |
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