All facetiousness synonyms
noun facetiousness
- flippancy β frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- inappropriateness β not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
- frivolousness β characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- silliness β weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
- inanity β lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
- glibness β readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
- frivolity β the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- foolishness β resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- funniness β providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark; a funny person.
- giddiness β affected with vertigo; dizzy.
- hilarity β cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- mirth β gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter: the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.
- repartee β a quick, witty reply.
- absurdity β the quality or state of being absurd; nonsense
- amusement β Amusement is the feeling that you have when you think that something is funny or amusing.
- buoyancy β Buoyancy is the ability that something has to float on a liquid or in the air.
- festivity β a festive celebration or occasion.
- fickle β Changing frequently, esp. as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection.
- flighty β given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous.
- folly β the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- happiness β the quality or state of being happy.
- jocularity β the state or quality of being jocular.
- lightheartedness β carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- picnic β PEBCAK
- pleasantry β good-humored teasing; banter.
- trifling β of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.
- triviality β something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- volatility β evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- wit β the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- high spirits β lively or boisterous mood
- wittiness β possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.
- drollness β The quality of being odd or comical.
- humorous β Archaic. moist; wet.
- humor β hacker humour
- comicalness β The state or quality of being comical.
- waggish β like a wag; roguish in merriment and good humor; jocular: Fielding and Sterne are waggish writers.
- playfulness β full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- jokey β lacking in seriousness; frivolous: The editorial had an offensively jokey tone for such an important subject.
- farce β a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- fun β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- satire β the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sitcom β situation comedy.
- ball β A ball is a round object that is used in games such as tennis, baseball, football, basketball, and cricket.
- burlesque β A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
- camp β A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
- comicality β the quality of being comical
- drollery β something whimsically amusing or funny.
- funnies β providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a funny remark; a funny person.
- hoopla β bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- interlude β an intervening episode, period, space, etc.