Pronounced “fah-see-shuss”, this word describes when someone doesn’t take a situation seriously, which ironically is very serious indeed. Not sure if there’s a word for that.
Trying to talk to Jim about serious financial issues is difficult because of his facetious personality.
Tom thinks he's being funny, but he's only being facetious and rude.
I tried to let Jessica talk to me about what she's dealing with, but other people kept making facetious comments that made her uncomfortable.
Tom thinks he's being funny, but he's only being facetious and rude.
I tried to let Jessica talk to me about what she's dealing with, but other people kept making facetious comments that made her uncomfortable.
by FlamingoFeed April 8, 2021
Unique as the only word in the English language to sound like a variation of it's slang definition. In other words: It sounds like it may actually mean "full of feces" although it does not...but it does mean full of shit.
After telling that joke he said he was being facetious, but we all know he was just looking for a smarter sounding way of saying he was full of shit.
by MoTremper September 7, 2007
My mates and I saw a film on Saturday night.
You mean at the cinema?
No,in the garden shed,of course at the cinema!
That's being facetious.
You mean at the cinema?
No,in the garden shed,of course at the cinema!
That's being facetious.
by SomeoneNew June 18, 2012
by hi.my.name.is.charlee June 27, 2019
by Ein Wrose April 5, 2011
Being facetious is when you say something you think is funny, but NOBODY laughs. So then you have to say "Oh, uh...I was being facetious". And everyone's like "Ooooh Kayyy... (What a jackass.)"
"An awkward silence fell over the group after his facetious remark about the director's 'ghetto booty' wasn't appreciated.
by ~Adam September 15, 2006
Origin: Feisty - adj. feist·i·er, feist·i·est
Touchy; quarrelsome.
Full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky.
Touchy; quarrelsome.
Full of spirit or pluck; frisky or spunky.
feisty
adj 1: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger" syn: plucky, spunky 2: irritable and looking for trouble; "too touchy to make judicious decisions"
adj 1: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger" syn: plucky, spunky 2: irritable and looking for trouble; "too touchy to make judicious decisions"
by RuffDiamond April 26, 2005