Facetious
Facetious adjective - Making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred.
Usage example: a facetious and tasteless remark about people in famine-stricken countries being spared the problem of overeating
Smart-ass and facetious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smart-ass" instead an adjective "Facetious".
Nearby Word: facetiously
Smart-ass
Smart-ass adjective - Making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred.
Usage example: it's easy to make smart-ass jokes about death when you're not the one who's dying
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disrespectful and facetious
- disrespectful and smart-ass
- impudent and facetious
- impudent and smart-ass
- impertinent and facetious
- impertinent and smart-ass
- cheeky and facetious
- cheeky and smart-ass
- smart and facetious
- smart and smart-ass
- playful and facetious
- playful and smart-ass
- flippant and facetious
- flippant and smart-ass
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