facetiousness Antonyms
Strongest:
- earnestness
- seriousness
- gravity
- soberness
- gravity
- solemnity
- soberness
- earnestness
- solemnity
- seriousness
Strong:
- moroseness
- melancholy
- sullenness
- gloominess
- despondency
- melancholy
- gloom
- dejection
- sullenness
- unhappiness
- depression
- gloom
- despondency
- solemnness
- moroseness
- solemnness
- sadness
- gloominess
- sadness
- depression
- unhappiness
- dejection
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- mirth
- frothiness
- goofiness
- hilarity
- childishness
- flightiness
- festivity
- light-headedness
- light-mindedness
- joviality
- gayety
- cheer
- lightheartedness
Weak:
Meaning of facetiousness
Wordnet
facetiousness (n)
playful humor
facetiousness Sentence Examples
- The politician's facetiousness during the debate alienated many voters.
- The comedian's facetiousness often got him into trouble with the network censors.
- The student's facetiousness in class earned him a detention from the teacher.
- The employee's facetiousness during the meeting got him fired.
- The speaker's facetiousness made it difficult for his audience to take him seriously.
- The article's facetiousness was immediately apparent to the reader.
- The critic's facetiousness towards the new film was met with outrage by the director.
- The blogger's facetiousness about the latest political scandal was met with mixed reactions from his readers.
- The actor's facetiousness on stage was a hit with the audience.
- The pundit's facetiousness on the news show made it difficult to take his analysis seriously.
FAQs About the word facetiousness
playful humor
flippancy, glee, frivolity, frivolousness,lightness, cheerfulness, silliness, levity, mirth, frothiness
earnestness, seriousness, gravity, soberness, gravity, solemnity, soberness, earnestness, solemnity,seriousness
The politician's facetiousness during the debate alienated many voters.
The comedian's facetiousness often got him into trouble with the network censors.
The student's facetiousness in class earned him a detention from the teacher.
The employee's facetiousness during the meeting got him fired.
