facetious

Meaning

1. Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
2. Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
3. humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.

Synonyms

jocular

humorous

funny

😄

witty

waggish

bantering

comical

jocose

droll

comic

tongue-in-cheek

ludicrous

mirth-provoking

playful

pleasant

ragtime

amusing

unserious

false

farcical

flippant

frivolous

gay

jeering

joking

joky

laughable

light-hearted

Translations

witzig

😄

facétieux

jocoso

plaisant

gracioso

😄

ευτράπελος

grappig

😄

spaßig

😄

chistoso

drollig

lepido

marrant

😄

faceto

lustig

😄

ridiculus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fəˈsiːʃəs/

Etymology

From French facétieux, from Latin facētia (“jest, wit, humor”), from facētus (“witty, jocose, facetious”).