Jesting

/ˈd͡ʒɛstɪŋ/

Synonyms for "jesting" (74 found)

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communicationdescriptive adjectivehumorjokemoodpersonality traitsocial behaviorspeech act

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Collocations

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academic jestingbanterbantering stylejesting asidejesting commentsjesting mannerjesting remarkjesting remarksjesting tonejocularityjoshing remarkslighthearted jestingplayful jestingraillery usageribbingwordplay

Inflections

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jestedjestingsjestsmore jestingmost jesting

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Sample sentences

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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."

Source: tatoeba (12286261)

Long jesting was never good.

Source: tatoeba (13677905)

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

Source: wiktionary

What an extraordinary mental delusion jesting is; that sort of laboured vivacity which fancies it is pointed when it is only personal; and more extraordinary still, it is always the resource of stupid people.

Source: wiktionary

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