Jesting
/ˈd͡ʒɛstɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 joking countable, uncountable
"Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings."
- 2 bantering; ridicule countable, uncountable
- 3 mocking countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of jest form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 facetious
- 2 humorous
"He will find that these are no jesting matters."
- 3 playful; mocking
- 4 jeering
Adjective
- 1 characterized by jokes and good humor wordnet
Example
More examples"For people who live in a culture where most of their interests are shared by most others as a matter of course, it can be easy to overlook those who don't fit into their mold. That's why N'Gai Croal, technology editor for Newsweek magazine and an African-American, is only half jesting when he says that the results from search engines often reflect "the tyranny of the majority.""