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The example sentences of FACETIOUS in videos (3 in total of 3)

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Use "facetious" in a sentence | "facetious" example sentences

How to use "facetious" in a sentence?

  • To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.
    -Saadi-
  • I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?
    -Martin Lawrence-
  • Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me too when I am absent.
    -Jean de La Fontaine-
  • I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
    -Isaac Barrow-
  • I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.
    -Bella Abzug-
  • The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.
    -Josh Billings-

Definition and meaning of FACETIOUS

What does "facetious mean?"

/fəˈsēSHəs/

adjective
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour.

What are synonyms of "facetious"?
Some common synonyms of "facetious" are:
  • flippant,
  • flip,
  • glib,
  • frivolous,
  • tongue-in-cheek,
  • waggish,
  • whimsical,
  • joking,
  • jokey,
  • jesting,
  • jocular,
  • playful,
  • roguish,
  • impish,
  • teasing,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

What are antonyms of "facetious"?
Some common antonyms of "facetious" are:
  • serious,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.