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joshing
adjective as in absurd
adjective as in amusing
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adjective as in comical
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adjective as in comic/comical
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- absurd
- batty
- boffo
- camp
- crazy
- dippy
- diverting
- dizzy
- droll
- entertaining
- facetious
- farcical
- flaky
- fool
- foolheaded
- for grins
- freaky
- funny
- gelastic
- goofus
- goofy
- gump
- horse's tail
- humorous
- ironic
- jerky
- jocular
- joking
- laughable
- light
- loony
- ludicrous
- Mickey Mouse
- nutty
- off the wall
- priceless
- ridiculous
- risible
- schtick
- screwy
- side-splitting
- silly
- wacky
- waggish
- whimsical
- witty
adjective as in droll
adjective as in facetious
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- amusing
- blithe
- capering
- clever
- comic
- comical
- droll
- dry
- fanciful
- farcical
- flip
- flippant
- frivolous
- funny
- humorous
- indecorous
- ironic
- irreverent
- jesting
- jocose
- jocular
- joking
- laughable
- ludicrous
- merry
- not serious
- playful
- pleasant
- pulling one's leg
- punning
- putting one on
- ridiculous
- salty
- sarcastic
- satirical
- smart
- sportive
- sprightly
- waggish
- whimsical
- wisecracking
- witty
- wry
adjective as in farcical
adjective as in humorous
adjective as in jocular
adjective as in jocular/jocose/jocund
adjective as in jolly
adjective as in jovial
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adjective as in laughable
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adjective as in laughing
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adjective as in tongue-in-cheek
adjective as in witty
adjective as in zany
noun as in badinage
noun as in banter
noun as in fooling
Example Sentences
In December, a judge rejected Lake’s assertion her statements were “rhetorical hyperbole” — perhaps she thought “just joshing” wouldn’t have had the same legal heft — and allowed the suit to proceed.
The movie’s best moments are the ones in which Mary and Paul camp out in front of the TV, drinking whiskey and joshing each other well into the wee hours.
For over four decades, since taking over from Chuck Woolery, Sajak has been at that spot, joshing with Vanna White, heaving the wheel on final spins, wincing at Bankrupts and tethering exuberant winners.
Caught up in the “joshing and light” banter, she said, she followed Trump into the lingerie department, where he asked her to try something on.
As for the internet, I saw exactly one right-leaning economist gently joshing Stephens for his remarks.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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