facetious

fa-ce-tious · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

  2. 2.

    Meant to be humorous or funny but often inappropriate or annoying.

Related words

Antonyms: earnest, serious, sincere
See also: flippant, sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek
Synonyms: flippant, jocular, joking, tongue-in-cheek

Etymology

From Latin facetia ("jest, witticism"), from facetus ("witty, elegant").