Factious and Tongue-in-cheek

Factious

Factious adjective - Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).
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Tongue-in-cheek and factious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tongue-in-cheek" instead an adjective "Factious".

Nearby Words: faction, factional, factiousness

Tongue-in-cheek

Tongue-in-cheek adjective - Cleverly amusing in tone.

Factious and tongue-in-cheek are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Factious" with "Tongue-in-cheek", this terms are similar.
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