pleasantry

Meaning

  1. (countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable) A casual, courteous remark.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A playful remark; a jest.
  3. (countable, dated, uncountable) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.

Synonyms

joke
A2
🤣
jest
C2
fun
A1
joking
B1
comedy
B2
jesting

wild talk

jocularity
humour
C1
sport
B2
merriment
32k
gambol
high jinks
hoax
C2
humor
B2
jape
laugh
A2
😆
mimicry

niceness

parody
27k
play
A1
politeness
26k
respectfulness
satire
27k
suaveness
suavity
wit
C1
Josh
B1

attempt at humor

antics
21k

travestry

attentiveness
banter
C2
burlesque
23k
chaff
37k
civility
33k
compliment
C1
courtesy
C1
frolic
27k
gag
C1
gallantry
31k
Translations

broma
🤣

şakacılık

plaisanterie
🤣
şaka
🤣
Scherz
🤣
facezia
neşe
scherts
Hänselei

hoşbeş

Spaß
amenità
celia
🤣
scherzo
🤣
compliment
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈplɛzəntɹi/
Etymology

From pleasant + -ry, probably modelled on Middle French plaisanterie.

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