/ SHōvənəst /
Meaning
- treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. It often implies that someone is being inappropriately funny about a serious topic.
Sample Sentences
- He was being facetious: he did not actually think the embassy would be hit.
- This is not by any means a facetious question: Do you think alcohol should also be made illegal?
- His facetious genius could not conceal the real learning and the practical knowledge which he derived from personal observation.
- At Lily’s funeral Mr. Powell made a facetious joke about her death.
Related words
flippant, flip, glib, frivolous, tongue-in-cheek, waggish, whimsical, joking, jokey, jesting, jocular, playful, roguish, impish, teasing, arch, mischievous, puckish; in fun, in jest, witty, amusing, funny, droll, comic, comical, chucklesome, lighthearted, high-spirited, bantering;