Related Words for jesting

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jocular
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Adjective
humorous
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Adjective, Adjective
joking
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
bantering
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Noun
facetious
x/x
Adjective
mirth
/
Noun
laughing
/x
Verb
ironical
x/xx
Adjective
flippant
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Adjective
mocking
/x
Verb
chuckling
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Verb
ribald
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Adjective
merriment
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Noun
sarcastic
x/x
Adjective
snickering
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Verb
punning
/x
Noun
frivolity
x/xx
Noun
jester
/x
Noun
jeering
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Verb
sarcasm
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Noun
amusing
x/x
Adjective
laughter
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Noun
impudent
x/x
Adjective
giggling
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Verb
clowning
/x
Noun
comical
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Adjective
chiding
/x
Noun
teasing
/x
Noun
reproachful
x/x
Adjective
ridiculing
/xxx
Verb
mischievously
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Adverb
conversing
x/x
Verb
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
silly
/x
Adjective
scoffing
/x
Noun
remark
x/
Noun
smirking
/x
Noun
sneering
/x
Verb
levity
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Noun
musing
/x
Noun
bawdy
/x
Adjective
childish
/x
Adjective
rueful
/x
Adjective
derisive
x/x
Adjective
impudence
x/x
Noun
gaiety
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Noun
scornful
/x
Adjective
amiably
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Adverb
impertinent
x/xx
Adjective
coquetry
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Noun
insinuating
x/xxx
Adjective
runner
/x
Noun
rally
/x
Noun
kidding
/x
Verb
running joke
/x/
Phrase, Noun
chaff
/
Noun
skit
/
Noun
jibe
/
Noun
tagline
/x
Noun
zing
/
Noun
rhyming
/x
Noun
jousting
/x
Noun
talking
/x
Noun
irony
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Noun
coarse
/
Adjective
wit
/
Noun
obscene
x/
Adjective
cynical
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Adjective
foolish
/x
Adjective
mood
/
Noun
idle
/x
Adjective
ill
/
Adjective
bitter
/x
Adjective
subject
x/
Noun
stop
/
Verb
leave
/
Verb
much
/
Adjective
kind
/
Noun
sexual
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Adjective
boastful
/x
Adjective
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
committal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
condescending
xx/x
Adjective
curt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
disparaging
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
impolite
xxx
Adjective
irreverent
x/xx
Adjective
mockery
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Noun
playful
/x
Adjective
taunts
/
Noun, Verb
terse
/
Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun
sfa
x
Name
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun