facetious

facetious
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. whimsical, joking, tongue-in-cheek; ironic[al], sarcastic, satirical, derisive. See wit, ridicule.Ant., serious.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. jocular, jocose, humorous, funny, flippant, waggish, jesting, joking, jokey, tongue-in-cheek, sportive, sprightly, witty, merry, pleasant, comical, droll, amusing, laughable, clever, ludicrous, farcical, whimsical, fanciful, bantering, pert, light, irreverent, quippish, playful, quizzical, dry, wry, salty, sarcastic, ironic, satirical, trifling, not serious, punning, epigrammatic, capering, indecorous, ridiculous, jolly, jocund, flip*, kidding*, joshing*, wisecracking*, pulling one's leg*, putting one on*; see also funny 1 .
See Synonym Study at witty .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[fuh SEE shus]
jocular, flippant, tongue-in-cheek.
She was being facetious when she said I should run for president.
SYN.: jocular, flippant, funny, humorous, playful, joking, kidding, tongue-in-cheek, not serious, *joshing, jesting, *wise, *pulling one's leg.
ANT.: serious, grave, sober
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Intended to excite laughter or amusement: comedic, funny, humorous, jocose, jocular, witty. See LAUGHTER.

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  • facetious — 1590s, from Fr. facétieux, from facétie a joke (15c.), from L. facetia jest, witticism, from facetus witty, elegant, fine, courteous, of unknown origin, perhaps related to facis torch. It implies a desire to be amusing, often intrusive or ill… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • facetious — [adj] tongue in cheek, kidding amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flip*, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing,… …   New thesaurus

  • facetious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ trivially or inappropriately humorous. DERIVATIVES facetiously adverb facetiousness noun. ORIGIN French facétieux, from Latin facetia jest …   English terms dictionary

  • facetious — [fə sē′shəs] adj. [Fr facétieux < L facetia: see FACETIAE & OUS] joking or trying to be jocular, esp. at an inappropriate time SYN. WITTY facetiously adv. facetiousness n …   English World dictionary

  • facetious — adjective Etymology: Middle French facetieux, from facetie jest, from Latin facetia Date: 1599 1. joking or jesting often inappropriately ; waggish < just being facetious > 2. meant to be humorous or funny ; not serious < a facetious remark > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • facetious — facetiously, adv. facetiousness, n. /feuh see sheuhs/, adj. 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark. 2. amusing; humorous. 3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a… …   Universalium

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  • facetious — fa|ce|tious [ fə siʃəs ] adjective trying to be funny in a way that is not appropriate: I wasn t being facetious. facetious comments ╾ fa|ce|tious|ly adverb ╾ fa|ce|tious|ness noun uncount …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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