Jesting

//ˈd͡ʒɛstɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    joking countable, uncountable

    "Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings."

  2. 2
    bantering; ridicule countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    mocking countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of jest form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    facetious
  2. 2
    humorous

    "He will find that these are no jesting matters."

  3. 3
    playful; mocking
  4. 4
    jeering
Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by jokes and good humor wordnet

Synonyms

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humorousatticbanterbanteringbitingbrilliant

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"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.""

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