'Jesting' definitions:
Definition of 'jesting'
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Definition of 'Jesting'
From: GCIDE
- Jesting \Jest"ing\, n. The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry. --Eph. v. 4. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jesting'
From: GCIDE
- Jesting \Jest"ing\, a. Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
- Syn: joking. [1913 Webster]
- He will find that these are no jesting matters. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jesting'
From: GCIDE
- Jest \Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jested; p. pr. & vb. n. Jesting.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything. [1913 Webster]
- He jests at scars that never felt a wound. --Shak.
- Syn: To joke; sport; rally.
- Usage: To Jest, Joke. One jests in order to make others laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good humor without wounding the feelings of its object. "Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be degraded by being turned into a jest." --Crabb. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jesting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Attic,
- bantering,
- biting,
- brilliant,
- chaffing,
- clever,
- droll,
- facetious,
- fooling,
- funny,
- hazing,
- humorous,
- humorsome,
- jocose,
- jocular,
- joking,
- joky,
- jollying,
- joshing,
- keen,
- keen-witted,
- kidding,
- mordant,
- nimble-witted,
- pointed,
- pungent,
- quick-witted,
- ragging,
- rapier-like,
- razzing,
- ribbing,
- roasting,
- salt,
- salty,
- scintillating,
- sharp,
- smart,
- sparkling,
- sprightly,
- teasing,
- twitting,
- whimsical,
- witty