Facetious
Facetious adjective - Given to or marked by mature intelligent humor.
Mocking and facetious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mocking" instead an adjective "Facetious".
Nearby Word: facetiously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disrespectful and facetious
- disrespectful and mocking
- sarcastic and facetious
- sarcastic and mocking
- irreverent and facetious
- irreverent and mocking
- playful and facetious
- playful and mocking
- dry and facetious
- dry and mocking
- flippant and facetious
- flippant and mocking
- teasing and facetious
- teasing and mocking
Both words in one sentence
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This combined with his mispronunciation of the name suggest to some that he's being facetious and is further mocking Agent Starling's rustic roots.
Source: Wicked Cultured
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