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marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing
- made jesting comments about my need for serious fashion advice
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jesting
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jesting
verb
present participle of jest
Synonyms of jesting (Entry 3 of 3)
to make jokes
- when I asked my sister for a loan, she laughingly replied, "Surely you jest!"
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“Jesting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jesting. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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