Facetious vs. Flippant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Facetious and Flippant
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Facetious
Playfully jocular; humorous
Facetious remarks.
Flippant
Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert
Apologized for his flippant remark.
Facetious
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.
Flippant
(Archaic) Talkative; voluble.
Facetious
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
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Flippant
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
Facetious
Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
Flippant
(archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
Facetious
Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.
Flippant
Nimble; limber.
Facetious
Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.
Flippant
Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech.
Facetious
Cleverly amusing in tone;
A bantering tone
Facetious remarks
Tongue-in-cheek advice
Flippant
Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.
To put flippant scorn to the blush.
A sort of flippant, vain discourse.
Flippant
A flippant person.
Flippant
Showing inappropriate levity
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