How do you pronounce facetious?

facetious is pronounced as /fəˈsiːʃəs/.

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facetious

😏facetious (fasíshas)

adjective

/fəˈsiːʃəs/

humerístico (humeristico)

facet facial

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Meaning

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

Traducción del significado

Tratar temas serios con humor inapropiado a propósito

Tratar temas serios con humor inapropiado a proposito

Oraciones de ejemplo

He was being facetious when he said he wanted to live on the moon.

Estaba siendo humerístico cuando dijo que quería vivir en la luna.

Estaba siendo humeristico cuando dijo que queria vivir en la luna.

Synonyms

joking, humorous, playful, witty, flippant

Antonyms

serious, earnest, solemn

Colocaciones

facetious comment, facetious remark, be facetious

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Not careful in what one says or does, likely to reveal secrets or offend.

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