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Antonyms for facetious
fəˈsi ʃəsface·tious
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bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheekadjective
cleverly amusing in tone
"a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"
Antonyms:
unhumorous, humourless, humorlessSynonyms:
tongue-in-cheek, bantering
How to use facetious in a sentence?
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2107 | serious | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#8065 | grave | |
#13293 | dull | |
#59538 | sombre | |
#99532 | facetious | |
#125462 | humorless | |
#183706 | lugubrious | |
#186740 | saturnine | |
#260373 | humourless |
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