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81nonsense — n 1. absurdity, absurdness, nonsensi calness, nonsensicality; ridiculousness, ridiculosity, ludicrousness; asininity, stupidity, fatuity, fatuousness; meaninglessness, self contradiction, contradiction, invalidity; incongruity, incongruousness,… …
82tomfoolery — n 1. antic, antics, caper, Inf. shenanigans, Sl. monkeyshines, Sl. monkey business; mockery, farce, mummery; mischief, prankishness, Inf. hanky panky, Scot, and North Eng. daffing; prank, escapade, trick, practical joke, roguish trick, Fr.… …
83wit — n 1. humor, facetiousness, drollery, funniness, wittiness, cleverness, piquancy, quickness; jocularity, waggishness. 2. badinage, persiflage, repartee, quip, wisecrack, saying, sarcasm; irony, satire, burlesque, parody, caricature, travesty;… …
84zaniness — n clownishness, zanyism, clowning, clownery; buffoonery, buffoonism, buffoonishness, harlequinade; joking, jesting, jocosity, jocoseness, waggishness, waggery, drollery; levity, frivolity, facetiousness; silliness, childishness, prankishness;… …
85facetious — UK [fəˈsiːʃəs] / US [fəˈsɪʃəs] adjective trying to be funny in a way that is not suitable I wasn t being facetious. facetious comments Derived words: facetiously adverb facetiousness noun uncountable …
86facetious — /fəˈsiʃəs / (say fuh seeshuhs) adjective 1. intended to be amusing: his facetious remarks are often merely offensive. 2. trying to be amusing: a facetious person. 3. Obsolete pleasantly humorous. {faceti(ae) + ous} –facetiously, adverb… …
87-ty and -ness — Most English adjectives can form nouns by adding the active (originally Old English) suffix ness, and these nouns denote either a state or quality (cleverness, happiness) or an instance of a state or quality (a kindness). The suffix ty (often in… …
88comedy — [n] funny entertainment ball*, burlesque, camp, chaffing, comicality, comicalness, comic drama, drollery, drollness, facetiousness, farce, field day*, fun, fun and games*, funnies*, funniness, gag show, grins, high camp*, high time, hilarity,… …
89humor — [n1] comedy, funniness amusement, badinage, banter, buffoonery, clowning, comicality, comicalness, drollery, facetiousness, farce, flippancy, fun, gag, gaiety, happiness, high spirits, jest, jesting, jocoseness, jocularity, joke, joking,… …
90levity — [n] funniness, silliness absurdity, amusement, buoyancy, facetiousness, festivity, fickleness, flightiness, flippancy, folly, foolishness, frivolity, giddiness, happiness, high spirits, hilarity, jocularity, laughs, lightheartedness, mirth,… …
