Fatuous vs. Facetious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fatuous and Facetious
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Fatuous
Silly and pointless
A fatuous comment
Facetious
Playfully jocular; humorous
Facetious remarks.
Fatuous
Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way
"an era of delicious, fatuous optimism shaped by the belief that enough good will on the part of people like ourselves could repair anything" (Shirley Abbott).
Facetious
Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.
Robbie's joke about Heather's appearance was just him being facetious.
Fatuous
Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
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Facetious
Pleasantly humorous; jocular.
Fatuous
Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.
Facetious
Of an idea or statement, humorously silly or counterproductive for the purpose of sarcastically advocating the opposite.
Fatuous
Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.
Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth.
Facetious
Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.
Fatuous
Complacently or inanely foolish
Facetious
Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply.
Facetious
Cleverly amusing in tone;
A bantering tone
Facetious remarks
Tongue-in-cheek advice
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