facetious.

Treating a serious matter with flippant or joking humor.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• facetious remark
• facetious tone

On the page

The facetious reply angered those awaiting real news.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more facetious; superlative most facetious when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.