Crossword-Solution: FACETIOUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Facetious | a. | Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion. |
| Facetious | a. | Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply. |
We have 19 clues for the answer “FACETIOUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Word containing all the vowels in order. | 1 answer |
| Not meant to be taken seriously | 1 answer |
| Joking, superficially? | 1 answer |
| Cleverly amusing | 2 answers |
| Tongue-in-cheek | 6 answers |
| Jocose | 9 answers |
| Jocund | 17 answers |
| Jocular | 20 answers |
| Flippant | 28 answers |
| Witty | 28 answers |
| Waggish | 59 answers |
| animating | 59 answers |
| humorous | 59 answers |
| amusing | 61 answers |
| Jesting | 65 answers |
| comical | 68 answers |
| Pleasant | 77 answers |
| spirited | 84 answers |
| Wild _____ | 108 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERTEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with FACETIOUS (5)
Scrooge resumed his labours with an improved opinion of himself, and in a more facetious temper than was usual with him.
The discourse was resumed presently, but it went lame and halting, all possibility of impressiveness being at an end; for even the gravest sentiments were constantly being received with a smothered burst of unholy mirth, under cover of some remote pew-back, as if the poor parson had said a rarely facetious thing.
Sieppe had reduced the calf's head to a mere skull; a row of empty champagne bottles--“dead soldiers,” as the facetious waiter had called them--lined the mantelpiece.
While the terrible drama of discovery was in progress on one side of the door, trivial questions about the amusements of Venice, and facetious discussions on the relative merits of French and Italian cookery, were proceeding on the other.
Clifford stared at her—not at all like a clever child; and then, with one of his little facetious growls, took his departure.
Quotes with FACETIOUS (3)
Villainessa Tittel was a hired killer, an assassin by trade. She had enjoyed the best education and had been trained by assassins who had (until then at least) been considered the best in the business. She had turned to ‘cleaning’ as an occupation because she really enjoyed endings more than beginnings — and anyway, she didn’t need to know her mark’s entire pedigree or life’s story, or to have some kind of facetious moral justification just to collect her fee. Unsurprisingly,…
Finally, I applied to one of my roommates, more sagacious than the rest, for advice. Dave, I said. I’m broke and without prospects. I’ve blown my GI Bill on flying lessons. I can’t hide out here in college much longer. What should I do? Well, he said, at this crucial juncture you need to coldly appraise yourself. “I’ve only known you these few short years, but it strikes me you wouldn’t be good for anything important; I’d have to say you’re lazy, self-absorbed, glib and facet…
I'm sarcastic and facetious. It's hard to find those people on the first encounter. I can be nice, but I don't want nice friends. I want funny, gregarious, sarcastic, and smart friends. It's so nice to hear you're not alone.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1965–1998).