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facetious
Synonyms and Antonyms of facetious
- the essay is a facetious commentary on the absurdity of war as a solution for international disputes
cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual
bantering, frivolous, jesting, joking, joshing, teasing
antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hysterical, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, rollicking, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious
amusing, diverting, entertaining
mischievous, playful, prankish
jocose, jocund, jolly, jovial, laughing, merry, mirthful, sunny
- a facetious and tasteless remark about people in famine-stricken countries being spared the problem of overeating
Synonym Discussion of facetious
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- a witty remark
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- humorous anecdotes
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- facetious comments
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- a jocular fellow
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- jocose proposals
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