jesting
English
Pronunciation
Noun
jesting (countable and uncountable, plural jestings)
- joking
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- Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.
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- bantering; ridicule
- mocking
Adjective
jesting (comparative more jesting, superlative most jesting)
- facetious
- humorous
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- He will find that these are no jesting matters.
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- playful; mocking
- jeering
Verb
jesting