Facetious - English meaning

adjective

Causing laughter and providing entertainment.

Usage examples:

Such a likeable, amusing man!

verb

Cause (someone) to find something funny.

Usage examples:

He made faces to amuse her

adjective

Entertaining and funny

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An amusing story/person/situation

noun

A curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

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The result brings to mind support structures for vaulted arches (for instance gaudi's sagrada famil…

verb

Have the curved shape of an arch.

Usage examples:

A beautiful bridge that arched over a canal

adjective

Deliberately or affectedly playful and teasing.

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A somewhat arch tone of voice

prefix

(forming nouns) joint; mutual; common.

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Co-driver

abbreviation

Company.

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The consett iron co

abbreviation

Colorado (in official postal use).

adjective

Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.

Usage examples:

His unique brand of droll self-mockery

noun

A jester or entertainer; a buffoon.

Usage examples:

When english replaced cornish as the language of cornwall, the drolls' stories began to die out as …

adjective

Amusing in an unusual way

Usage examples:

I always loved his droll sense of humor.

verb

Turn over with a sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

The plane flipped over and then exploded

noun

A sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

She dismissed his qualms with a flip of her hand

adjective

Glib or flippant.

Usage examples:

He couldn't get away with flip, funny conversation

adjective

Not showing a serious or respectful attitude.

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A flippant remark

adjective

Not having any serious purpose or value.

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Frivolous ribbons and lacy frills

adjective

(of people) behaving in a silly and foolish way, or (of activities or objects) silly or unimportant

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I’m very frivolous – i just like to have fun., with our justice system there are a lot of frivolous…

adjective

Causing laughter or amusement; humorous.

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A funny story

noun

Comic strips in newspapers.

Usage examples:

I read the sports page, funnies, and editorial

An account of an amusing incident

adjective

(of words or a speaker) fluent but insincere and shallow.

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The glib phrases soon roll off the tongue

adjective

Inclined to do slightly naughty things for fun; mischievous.

Usage examples:

He had an impish look about him

adjective

Suggesting behavior that is playful but likely to upset other people

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He had an impish grin on his face.

adjective

Said or done for amusement; joking.

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A jesting commentary on world affairs

noun

The action of saying or doing something for amusement.

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Laughing and jesting were out of the question

verb

Speak in a joking way.

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You jest, surely?

adjective

Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful.

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She sounded in a jocular mood

adjective

Amusing, showing amusement, or intended to cause amusement

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A jocular mood

adjective

Not serious; teasing or humorous.

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A brief exchange of jokey comments

adjective

Funny

adjective

Humorous or flippant.

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A joking manner

verb

Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.

Usage examples:

She could laugh and joke with her colleagues

verb

Present participle of joke

Usage examples:

They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos., it's more serious than you think, so please d…

adjective

Causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way.

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Mischievous children

adjective

Fond of games and amusement; light-hearted.

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A playful tomboy who loves to dress up

adjective

Done as a form of play rather than intended seriously, or wanting to have a good time and not feeling serious

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She gave him a playful push., my mother was in a playful mood that day.

adjective

Playful, especially in a mischievous way.

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A puckish sense of humour

adjective

Liking to make jokes about other people and play silly tricks on them

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A puckish sense of humour, a puckish grin

adjective

Characteristic of a dishonest or unprincipled person.

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He led a roguish and uncertain existence

adjective

Behaving in a way that is slightly bad or wrong, but that is not too serious

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His eyes were bright blue with a roguish twinkle in them., in all these novels, there's a roguish d…

adjective

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way.

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Teasing comments

verb

Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.

Usage examples:

I used to tease her about being so house-proud

verb

Present participle of tease

Usage examples:

I used to hate being teased about my red hair when i was at school., i was just teasing, i didn't m…

adjective

Ironic, flippant, or insincere.

Usage examples:

Her delightful tongue-in-cheek humour

adverb

In an ironic, flippant, or insincere way.

Usage examples:

He claimed then he was speaking tongue-in-cheek

noun

Intended to be understood as a joke, although often seeming serious

Usage examples:

He made some tongue-in-cheek comment about being very busy cleaning his house.

adjective

Humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner.

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A waggish riposte

adjective

Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way.

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A whimsical sense of humour

adjective

Unusual and using imagination

Usage examples:

The songs have a whimsical charm., unfortunately, his decisions are often whimsical.

adjective

Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour.

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A witty remark

adjective

Using words in an amusing and intelligent way; full of wit

Usage examples:

A witty remark, i think she’s one of the wittiest comics on television.