facetious

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

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

Пишется через дефис как

fa‧ce‧tious

Произносится как (IPA)

/fəˈsiːʃəs/

Этимология (Английский)

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