Synonyms for facetiousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fuh-see-shuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : fəˈsi ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for facetiousness Other synonyms for the word facetiousness
- absurdity
- amusement
- aphorism
- badinage
- ball
- banter
- bon mot
- buffoonery
- buoyancy
- burlesque
- camp
- chaffing
- clowning
- comedy
- comic drama
- comicality
- comicalness
- drollery
- drollness
- facetiousness
- farce
- farcicality
- festivity
- fickleness
- field day
- flightiness
- flippancy
- folly
- foolishness
- fun and games
- funnies
- funniness
- gag
- gag show
- gaiety
- grins
- happiness
- high camp
- high spirits
- high time
- hoopla
- humorousness
- interlude
- jest
- jesting
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- joking
- joyfulness
- kidding
- lark
- laughs
- levity
- light entertainment
- lightheartedness
- lightness
- ludicrousness
- merry-go-round
- picnic
- play on
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- practical joke
- prank
- pun
- quip
- raillery
- ridiculousness
- sally
- schtick
- send-up
- slapstick
- takeoff
- tomfoolery
- travesty
- trick
- trifling
- triviality
- vaudeville
- volatility
- waggery
- whimsicality
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wisecracking
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- wordplay
- zaniness
Définition of facetiousness
Origin :- 1590s, from French facétieux, from facétie "a joke" (15c.), from Latin facetia "jest, witticism," from facetus "witty, elegant, fine, courteous," of unknown origin, perhaps related to facis "torch."
- It implies a desire to be amusing, often intrusive or ill-timed. Related: Facetiously; facetiousness. "Facetiæ in booksellers' catalogues, is, like curious, a euphemism for erotica." [Fowler]
- As in levity : noun funniness, silliness
- As in wit : noun humor
- As in drollery : noun whimsicalness
- As in humorousness : noun humor
- As in jocosity : noun humor
- As in ludicrousness : noun humor
- As in comedy : noun funny entertainment
- As in humor : noun comedy, funniness
- So Captain Perez continued his dismal attempt at facetiousness.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- The occurrences of the day bear all of them the stamp of facetiousness.
- Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh
- On these occasions David vied with Tammas in facetiousness at his father's expense.
- Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant
- Her retaining wit and facetiousness to the last surprises me.
- Extract from : « The Billow and the Rock » by Harriet Martineau
- To this has man come: to his facetiousness has succeeded sarcasm.
- Extract from : « How Spring Came in New England » by Charles Dudley Warner
- I might as well have tried to disconcert a mummy with my facetiousness.
- Extract from : « Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- From Sandy this would have been nothing but a good-humoured attempt at facetiousness.
- Extract from : « Robert Falconer » by George MacDonald
- The man's facetiousness interested me; it bespoke his nerve.
- Extract from : « On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck » by R. Pitcher Woodward
- And, laughing loudly at his own facetiousness, he quitted the Lodge.
- Extract from : « Jack Sheppard, Vol. III (of III) » by W. Harrison Ainsworth
- But Neale did not see any humor in Slingerland's perplexity or in the cowboy's facetiousness.
- Extract from : « The U.P. Trail » by Zane Grey
Antonyms for facetiousness
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