Facetious

//fəˈsiːʃəs//

Synonyms for "facetious" (49 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Adjective(1 words)
bantering

Strong matches (15)

Related words (24)

Adjective(1 words)
tongue-in-cheek
Adjective(1 words)
unserious

Related word relations

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related to

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similar

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Translations

55 translations across 18 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • سَاخِر adj (flippant)
  • طَرِيف adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • забавен adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • закачлив adj (flippant)
  • шеговит adj (flippant)

Dutch

3 entries
  • al te lollig adj (flippant)
  • grappig adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • misplaatst grappig adj (flippant)

Finnish

4 entries
  • epäasiallinen adj (flippant)
  • hyväntuulinen adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • leikillinen adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • näsäviisas adj (flippant)

French

2 entries
  • facétieux adj (flippant)
  • facétieux adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Galician

2 entries
  • cómico adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • gracioso adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

German

4 entries
  • drollig adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • flapsig adj (flippant)
  • humorvoll adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • lustig adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Greek

1 entries
  • ευτράπελος adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • tréfálkozó adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • gamansamur adj (flippant)
  • spaugsamur adj (flippant)

Italian

2 entries
  • faceto adj (flippant)
  • faceto adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 剽軽 adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • за́бавен adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • за́качлив adj (flippant)
  • леко́мислен adj (flippant)
  • несерио́зен adj (flippant)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • debochado adj (flippant)
  • faceto adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Russian

4 entries
  • заба́вный adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • несерьёзный adj (flippant)
  • шу́точный adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • шутли́вый adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Spanish

4 entries
  • facecioso adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • faceto adj (flippant)
  • faceto adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • fisgón adj (flippant)

Swedish

2 entries
  • lättvindig adj (flippant)
  • skämtsam adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)

Welsh

4 entries
  • arabus adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • cellweirus adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • doniol adj (pleasantly humorous, jocular)
  • gwamal adj (flippant)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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You're being facetious.

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Tom is being facetious.

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I was being facetious.

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Are you accusing me of being facetious?

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