jesting — Diccionario de inglés

Sustantivo

1. joking

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

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

   Más ejemplos (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

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

3. mocking

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

Adjetivo

1. facetious

2. humorous

   Ejemplos

   He will find that these are no jesting matters.

3. playful; mocking

4. jeering

Adjetivo

1. characterized by jokes and good humor

   Sinónimos

   jocosejocularjoking