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fooling

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fooling

marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing

ribbed him with fooling comments about how much his hair had grayed

Synonyms of fooling

bantering, chaffing, funning, jesting, joking, joshing, kidding, quizzical, rallying, razzing, ribbing

Words Related to fooling

bandying, quipping

baiting, deriding, derisive, derisory, hassling, heckling, jeering, mocking, needling, ridiculing, taunting

contemptuous, disdainful, sarcastic, scornful

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