facetious

facetious

not to be taken seriously; amusing; humorous; frivolous: I was only being facetious.

Not to be confused with:

factitious – artificial; contrived: His enthusiastic response was factitious.; made; manufactured: a factitious part

fictitious – spurious, fake; fictional; created or assumed with the intention to conceal: a fictitious name; imaginatively produced: a fictitious story

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fa·ce·tious

 (fə-sē′shəs)

adj.

Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.

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[French facétieux, from facétie, jest, from Latin facētia, from facētus, witty.]

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fa·ce′tious·ly adv.

fa·ce′tious·ness n.

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facetious

(fəˈsiːʃəs)

adj

1. characterized by levity of attitude and love of joking: a facetious person.

2. jocular or amusing, esp at inappropriate times: facetious remarks.

[C16: from Old French facetieux, from facetie witty saying; see facetiae]

faˈcetiously adv

faˈcetiousness n

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fa•ce•tious

(fəˈsi ʃəs)

adj.

1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.

2. amusing; humorous.

3. lacking serious intent: a facetious person.

[1585–95; < Latin facētus clever, witty. See -ious]

fa•ce′tious•ly, adv.

fa•ce′tious•ness, n.

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facetious

- Originally meant "having polished or urbane manners," and, along with sequoia, uses all five vowels.

See also related terms for polished.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

facetious - cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice" bantering, tongue-in-cheek humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

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facetious

adjective flippant, funny, amusing, witty, merry, humorous, playful, pleasant, frivolous, tongue in cheek, comical, jesting, droll, jocular, waggish, unserious, jocose Are you going to listen or just make facetious remarks?
serious, earnest, grave, genuine, sober, sincere, thoughtful, sedate, lugubrious, pensive, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)

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facetious

adjective

Intended to excite laughter or amusement:

comedic, funny, humorous, jocose, jocular, witty.

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Translations

طَريف، فَكِه

лекомисленнепочтителеншеговит

směšnývtipný

scherzhaftwitzigdrollig

epäasiallinen

facétieux

tréfás

gamansamur

faceto

juokaujamaijuokaujamassąmojingaisąmojingumas

jocīgszobgalīgs

grappigspotterig

anstrengt morsomironisk

veselý

alaycı

滑稽的

facetious

[fəˈsiːʃəs] ADJ [person] → ocurrente, ingenioso; [remark] → jocoso, gracioso
don't be facetious → deja de decir frivolidades

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facetious

[fəˈsiːʃəs] adj → facétieux/euse

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facetious

adj remark, speech, tone → witzelnd, spöttisch, mokant; to be facetious (about something) (→ über etw (acc)) → Witze machen, sich (→ über etw (acc)) → mokieren; facetious humour → Blödeleien pl; if satire is merely facetious → wenn Satire zur Blödelei wird; I was just being facetious → das war doch nur ein Witz or so eine Blödelei (inf)

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facetious

[fəˈsiːʃəs] adj → faceto/a
don't be facetious → non fare lo spiritoso

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facetious

(fəˈsiːʃəs) adjective

not serious; intended to be funny or humorous. a facetious remark. grappig, snaaks طَريف، فَكِه шеговит brincalhão vtipný, směšný scherzhaft anstrengt morsom φαιδρόςburlón naljaks öeldud وابسته به شوخی بیجا leikillinen facétieux מִתלוֹצֵץ हंसाने वाले, विनोद प्रिय, मजाकिया šaljiv, duhovit tréfás main-main gamansamur faceto おどけた 진지하지 않은 juokaujamas, juokingas, sąmojingas jocīgs; zobgalīgs berseloroh schertsendanstrengt morsom; ironiskdowcipny مضحك، دخندا وړ، ټوكى، مچله، ټوكمار brincalhão/faceto, engraçadinho (como o Redondo!) glumeţ шутливый (nevhodne) vtipný, veselý šaljiv šaljiv skämtsam, lustig ทำเป็นเล่นโดยไม่ดูกาลเทศะ alaycı 滑稽的 веселий; жартівливий مزاق hay bông lơn 滑稽的

faˈcetiously adverb

grappenderwys بِطَرافَه، بِفُكاهَه шеговито brincalhonamente bodře, vtipně scherzhaft anstrengt morsomt αστειευόμενα, φαιδρά burlonamente naljatamisi بطور بیجا vitsikkäästi facétieusement בִּבְדִיחוּת विनोदशीलता šaljivo, duhovito tréfásan secara main-main á gamansaman hátt in modo faceto おどけて 농담으로 juokaujamai, sąmojingai jokojoši; zobgalīgi dengan berseloroh schertsendanstrengt morsomt; ironisk dowcipnie مضحك brincalhonamente pe un ton de glumă шутливо vtipne šaljivo šaljivo skämtsamt อย่างไม่ดูกาละเทศะ alaycı bir şekilde 滑稽地 для сміху; грайливо شوخی سے khôi hài, dí dỏm 滑稽地

faˈcetiousness noun

vrolikheid, grappigheid; snaaksheid طَرافَه шеговитост brincadeira bodrost die Scherzhaftigkeit anstrengt morsomhed φαιδρότητα carácter burlón/chistoso naljatavalt شوخی بیجا vitsikkyys caractère facétieux בְּדִיחוּת मजाकियापन šaljivost, duhovitost tréfásság sifat humoris gamansemi arguzia ひょうきん 익살 맞음 sąmojingumas jocīgums suka berseloroh schertsanstrengt morsomhet; ironidowcip بی ځایه شوخی brincadeira/facécia neseriozitate (неуместная) шутливость vtipnosť šaljivost šaljivost skämtsamhet การเล่นอย่างไม่ดูกาละเทศะ alaycılık 滑稽 грайливість; жартівливість مسخری tính bông lơn. tính khôi hài 滑稽

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