jesting — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. joking

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   Beispiele

   Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   What an extraordinary mental delusion jesting is; that sort of laboured vivacity which fancies it is pointed when it is only personal; and more extraordinary still, it is always the resource of stupid people.

2. bantering; ridicule

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3. mocking

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Adjektiv

1. facetious

2. humorous

   Beispiele

   He will find that these are no jesting matters.

3. playful; mocking

4. jeering

Adjektiv

1. characterized by jokes and good humor

   Synonyme

   jocosejocularjoking