facetiousness
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7.8
- noun
- /fəˈsiːʃəsnəs/
:
facetismo
- His facetiousness often lightens the mood during serious meetings.
Examples
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The comedian's facetiousness was appreciated, even as he addressed sensitive topics.
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She spoke with facetiousness, making the audience laugh despite the somber subject matter.
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Perhaps even a celebrity," he said with a mild touch of facetiousness.
Fiction book (2000) -
Save the sarcasm and facetiousness for your friends.
Blog text (33) -
Facetiousness doesn't translate all that great in comments.
Blog text (13) -
The Telek was disposed to facetiousness.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her facetiousness startles Robert.
Fiction book (1995) -
In a moment of facetiousness, novelist Toni Morrison said, "There is no world outside my door." If independent schools ever believed this, most understand today that they are called to be institutions of vision.
Academic text (2006) -
Wally hears Homer's facetiousness—how tired he is of his heart condition.
Fiction book (1999) -
He had gone after and gotten a doctorate in medicine so that he could better understand the human brain, in physics and electrical engineering, and other things so that he could design the tissue cells for the new computer, named Ziggy in a moment of desperate facetiousness.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
664
1.0
The ability to make people laugh
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2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
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7.4
Light, joking talk or behavior when people expect seriousness
5
7.9
Clown-like, silly actions meant to make people laugh
1
8.0
A playful, joking way of behaving that makes people laugh
1
8.6
A short funny remark or action that makes people smile
1
2.7
A thing that makes people laugh
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6.3
How much people laugh at something
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7.5
A situation so silly or unreasonable that people laugh and do not believe it
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5.8
A bold, slightly rude way of speaking or acting that is playful and shows little respect
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7.2
A quiet, slightly mocking kind of humor
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7.4
A quality that makes people laugh
To joke and be playful in a friendly way that makes people smile
A playful, slightly naughty way of being funny that makes people smile
Being amusing in a slightly odd and unexpected way
Being funny in a way that makes people laugh
A way of behaving that shows little care or concern
A lack of seriousness when people expect it
Antonyms
How Humorous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Facetiousness comes from the Latin word facetia, which means 'jest' or 'joke'. So facetiousness is the habit of being playful or joking, often in a way that is not suitable during serious moments.