What is "facetious" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does facetious mean in English? Meaning of facetious definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "facetious" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "facetious": cleverly amusing in tone

Adjective

  • Meaning: cleverly amusing in tone
  • Example: a bantering tone facetious remarks tongue-in-cheek advice
  • Synonyms: bantering facetious tongue-in-cheek
  • Similar: humorous humourous
  • Adjective: Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant. Robbie's joke about Heather's picture was just him being facetious.Pleasantly humorous, jocular.
  • Synonyms:

    amusing, blithe, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flip, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, laughable, ludicrous, merry, playful, pleasant, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, witty, wry, capering, joshing, not serious, punning, putting one on, wisecracking, pulling one's leg,

    Antonyms:

    formal, grave, serious, unfunny,

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    facetious in English: facetious
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